Oh, FYI: eSata on the EG-31b performs at ~40MBs. Not as fast as the eSata dock (40-100 MB/sec) but still respectable. Compared to 24-27 MB/sec for USB 2.0 -- the time savings is substantial.
Oh, regarding the On/Off via remote on the A-100, has anybody gotten it to work? It might be a bit off the 'spirit' of this thread, but I can only get the PCH to do a 'hard' off, which cannot be turned back on.
The PCH casing is made from aluminium I think. Not too sure though.
Oh yeah, incidentally, we noticed that the "DTS board" provision on the EG-31b is all but gone
So no more add-on DTS Board, which is pretty much moot anyway, seeing that we'll get DTS decoding via firmware update son.