and thus can play high-def MKVs without my CPU usage spiking to 100% and horrible graphics stuttering.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaugh do want!!! I spent weeks downloading an übersexy Blu-Ray rip of Inglourious Basterds so we could hook up a laptop to our übersexy TV & watch it there, but... it stutters very badly on mine, and I'm crossing my fingers that Nicolai's computer will fare better, but I have a suspicion that it'll still stutterskip.