I own the ASRock motherboard you commented on. Just a correction, it DOES indeed offer full HD. The G43 chipset itself doesn't, but the motherboard comes with an expansion card the allows it to do so. From the review you mention:

"There are three VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and DisplayPort with ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card and it supports HDCP function with ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card for Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card"

It's a bit of an odd way of doing things, but it is full HD, as advertised.
I own the ASRock motherboard you commented on. Just a correction, it DOES indeed offer full HD. The G43 chipset itself doesn't, but the motherboard comes with an expansion card the allows it to do so. From the review you mention:

"There are three VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and DisplayPort with ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card and it supports HDCP function with ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card for Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card"

It's a bit of an odd way of doing things, but it is full HD, as advertised.
"1.5GB" Wow, they must be really really really really really really old drives then.