put a DVD burner in your PC Azza... problem solvered!!! :P But seriously.... get a digital reveiver/amplifier that has the Dolby/DVS etc decoder in it rather then the DVD player/recorder. Make sure that is has an optical input as this runs off the DVDs raw sound informations where as the AV already alters the aound a little. The Digital amp can be used to run as a multi media hub very easilly with DVD, TV, PS2, X-Box, PC all running through the system and it keeps everything nice and organised. The only problem I see now is do the optical cables run 2 ways? ie is there an optical input on the DVD-R and output on the Amplifier as this would be ideal :)