Alright... Here are my issues (posted elsewhere).
+ First, the ATI Radeon VE doesn't always turn on a head on boot. Not sure why, but sometimes, both screens will start dark, then fire up once Windows starts.
+ The DVI-I head (I think it is only this one) stutters whenever you click on the little red ATI icon in the system tray to bring up the menus. Don't know why this is. Doesn't really cause any problems, but it is a bit annoying, methinks.
+ The hotkeys don't do exactly what they are supposed to. There is actually a difference between clicking a hotkey (for a Scheme) and going to the display settings->advanced->Displays dialog and changing the setup manually. This is probably the most annoying thing about the VE. It is a problem in the 3276 drivers as well as those new 3281 betas.
+ There seems to be a problem with either PowerDVD XP or with the ATI drivers in that PowerDVD doesn't use the overlay mode of the card. This results in poor quality video on BOTH heads. I've been able to get around it by manually changing the display settings so that the projector head is the ONLY display, then changing back to dual-head, but it's a pain and I don't know _exactly_ what sequence does the desired thing yet.
I'd like to say that I _am_ pleased that I can run two heads on a graphics card which, in general, does good things for HTPCs. I'm optimistic that these are driver issues and can be fixed in updates, but they are annoying. I haven't tried the new TheaterTek DVD player to see if it works better with the dual head capabilities.
I'm still waiting for a flawless dual-head setup. Hotkeys sure are nice, but I can't understand why they're different form changing the settings manually.
Cheers,
Jake