[nanook105]

I don't completely disagree with you, but....

I don't edit XMLs
I use old Nvidia Drivers, but I can't tell if this is a SS problem or an Nvidia problem
I've use overlay because 3D Accelerated has always been a little jerky and PQ is not close to overlay.
Given all of the different drivers and codecs potentially involved here, I don't expect that any release of this SW will be 100% (if that is your definition of Gold)

I think that the real issue here is communication from SS. On issues like this and the Nvidia overlay issue, it would be nice if there was a separate forum/site to go to that was periodically updated with progress on known bugs. I am sure that it would be perceived as "dirty laundry", but the majority of vendors that I deal with in the real world have public bug reporting forums where you can search for your problem, create a new one if it doesn't exist, and keep track of progress because the developers post with progress. To a degree, the beta testers get this during the beta test cycles, but that is mostly gone once it goes gold.