Jaguar42,
As I stated in a previous post concerning "tagging" titles with the '1300, it is perfect for use with an outboard DAC as it is one of the few, (only?), HD's that uses no compression.
I use it into a Rotel RSP1068, (oh to have a digital input on my Sony XA9000SACD player!). This is used in a music only surround system, so I simply bought the cheapest portable DVD player to use as the video display for disc titles and menu for the 1068.
The new, in stores now, HD2500, is now 280mb storage! Burns a fantastic disc when kicked into UHQR mode also. Although this activates the "digital move" function and removes the data from the HD when making a copy.
This is by far my favorite new toy.