geekiegeek:

dafman:

BigPipeNZ: WDTV plays pretty much every format, including high bitrate 1080p, nice and smoothly.

Interface isn't 'amazing' but is totally fine.

Most cheaper players won't play many video formats.

So stick with WDTV in my opinion.

Occasionally, I see minor judder with some files during playback - so minor that the rest of the family aren't bothered (but I am).

I can fix by via the 'Audio/Video Output' setting by setting video to match the source file - eg either 720p or 1080p, and then selecting the htz rate of 60 htz for video from the US and 50 htz for UK/Europe/Asia regions. A minor inconvenience, only takes a second to change, but a pity that the auto setting doesn't get it right on some occasions.

Other than this, it is a trouble free simple solution for watching virtually any file type.

I don't believe that any off the shelf box will do this. The auto you talk about is for detecting your TVs optimum setting not for analysis of the video stream being fed to it. This is one of the key reasons I use a PC with Mediaportal as it can analyse the stream and reset the video card to output the correct refresh rate. Equals perfect smooth video no matter what you throw at it. Makes a big difference on a projector screen.