Just got my unit yesterday. Compare to what you guys paid for, it cost a little bit more here in Sabah, but still the cheapest in town. The reason why I bought it was because I saw the mkv thing on the box. Everything works smooth, you can stream your mkv files to the player via LAN connection, no worries. Except there will be no subtitle.

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Thanks. Been throwing in some blu ray movies to try out the unit, what I noticed is that the picture quality is much better than my fat PS3. I read some reviews saying that the start up time is a bit slow but mine always play the movie within few seconds. So, yea, I'm happy with it.

The 1st blu-ray movie I dropped in the PS3 was an original Die Hard 4. However, the picture was quite grainy. Both me and my friend thought that probably either the disc or the tv was giving the problem. However, when I tried it on the C5500, the picture was silky smooth. Perhaps my PS3 is faulty? Well, doesn't matter now as it's sitting in my office serving games only. No more blu-ray movies from it.

Think you might be interested. http://hometheatergears.com/yamaha/yamaha-rx-v467-review/

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While I'm not an expert in AV receiver thing, but I think it will be better to get the best you can afford. Better of all, drop by to some AV shops around and see it yourself. That way, you will know which one suits you better. Anyway, from what I read from an AV mag, Onkyo TX-SR608 seems like one of the best entry level units on the market. However, if you are using iPhone/iPod Touch thing, then you might interested in the Pioneer VSX-920.

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It's still cheaper than what we are getting in KK Sabah. The cheapest in our town is RM549 after discount...normal selling price is RM599.

I believe that's what people are doing too, if they are able to get supply from Semenanjung. Even ahem BD is selling for RM35 each here, and 3 for RM100.

My "try" copy of Avatar is 10.9GB, and it played well. In fact, better than my POHD Mini.

Yea, you can use it to stream files from your PC/Server.