I've been reading through all the posts regarding Raspberry Pi's and Chrome boxes and such - a massive wealth of information but I think I've just managed to confuse myself. I'm looking for something that's a little bit more fully featured than my Apple TV, which does a fine job for the services it has apps for, and it's relatively easy to switch regions to access the different countries' menus, but is missing apps for quite a few of the services I'd like to access, and has no browser, so I'm thinking I might be better off with some sort of cheap HTPC solution.

Streaming content from my PC isn't my main concern - I can already do that just fine from my Mac running Playback and streaming to my Sony home theatre system. What I'd really like is something that I can get all the apps for all the different SVOD channels around the world (in particular Netflix, Hulu Plus, the US free to air channels, iPlayer, 4oD, NowTV, Australian free to air like 7Plus and TenPlay) and have them all in one place without having to switch from region to region. Also a browser where I could visit the desktop sites of any channels that don't have compatible apps, like TVNZ on Demand, as well as normal internet surfing. I'd need to be able to change the DNS settings of the device to UnoTelly, as I prefer to do that via device rather than in the router (although I could always change the router if there was no other option - I can set up multiple networks on my Asus so could I dedicate one to media streaming with Unotelly DNS settings?).

I also saw someone mention something called... Genuis? Some sort of programme that searched for streaming media? I'd be interested to learn more about that.

Is there any one device that does all of the above? All advice gratefully accepted!