There's a good review of the board here:
http://www.hothardware.com/viewartic...leid=906&cid=3
It suggests the onboard video doesn't have any issue driving 1080p content providing the CPU is fast enough.
This combined with a nice case seems to be a good compromise against a fanless mini-itx htpc combo which seems a bit risky at the moment.... I think I'm going to go ahead and order it!
cheers, froowstie