himedia ims works as well or better than VST (which I consider one of the better one).

yes every brand can add in IMS, but it'll be at own risk.

i don't think u'll be happy if someone made a mod firmware and end up making majority of ur customers returning their players. but then it may make u happy cause the warranty could be up since it's short enough

With that said one of Himedia diy firmware is the best I seen so far in any China realtek players.

Can play youtube, except for some vids especially unlisted ones (e.g. those linked from maplestage). I think it could be some flv cannot be played correctly. Ya future firmware should be able to fix that. So still waiting lol

there's an imprivement for subtitle in current firmware You can adjust the timing, size, color of the subtitle. But it'll be best you go and have a look at the real thing, cos what's ok for me may not be for u^^

try press the menu button then changed from all media to movies^^

in setup>network> "on" the Samba and BT. You should be able to see Venus in your network from your pc.

BT you put http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (HD600B network ip) in internet browser. There you'll be able to insert the torrents so it can download to the player.

Have fun^^

i rarely play mp3 with the player and even if i do i don't use cover^^; but maybe can try these;

1. name the .jpg file same as the folder name
2. e.g. your mp3 names starts with lordsbm_01.jpg, lordsbm_02.jpg, etc. So you try name it lordsbm.jpg.

Good luck^^

if the latest firmware 1.0.2.6 still can't then may have to wait.

here are some links for u to try^^

http://v.himedia-tech.cn/himedia/hd600/201...600_1.0.2.6.rar
http://dl.himedia-tech.cn/HD600/HD600_1.0.2.6.rar

think numbertwo answered ur question, maybe wait for future updates..