Early reports look great.
But still no 30fps progressive video. However it has a few interesting things going for it that makes it worth having. This means you are getting 0's and 1's read directly off your cd and transferred into their audio image by the Windows Media Player, hence there is no potentially lossy analog conversion. Normally your cd player converts the audio cd into an analog signal and passes that signal to an input on your sound card via a connector cable. Bottom line is - most people will have better sound quality with digital conversion playback.