It plays 720P material fluently (but chokes on 1080P) as well as 1080P after installing the Broadcom HD decoder, it is easy to control using either the iPod or a wireless mouse. One of the few gripes I have, is that the experience would be more seamless if I did not have to use an external player to get smooth playback. The fact that I use an external player means that I am unable to pause, rewind etc. using the iPod when playing videos. For that I have to use the mouse.
One of the really nice things though is that I can browse and play my music using the iPods interface without having to turn on the plasma.
As a NAS it works flawlessly with much higher transfer speeds than my previous QNAP 109II. And for a much cheaper price. For once upgrading hardware actually made me money instead of costing me money.
Before I had a QNAP 109II as NAS and a laptop with a broken screen as HTPC. I sold these two items for about 400$ and then spent 180$ on building a better replacement. What's not to like?
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