I am very curious about the HiMedia Q5 II. It seems to be a very competent media player. However, I have a few questions.
I've seen claims that it can play Blu-ray movies. Does it mean that HiMedia Q5 II can play region coded Bluray/DVD Discs if I plug in a BD-ROM via e-SATA? If not, can you explain exactly what that means?
If I plug an external disk to HiMedia Q5 II via e-SATA or USB, can I easily share it on my home network, ie use it as a NAS? If so, is it accessable from Windows computers?

I currently have a Windows HTPC, but it constantly gives me trouble, and I'm getting tired of it.
To be able to play region coded DVD/Blu-ray disks I have had to purchase a software player that includes a license for region support. You can then set your region in the player a limited number of times (5 I think). After that the player is locked to the last chosen region, and you can only play disks coded for that region.

On Google Play I haven't found any players with region support. My question is: Does the Q5 II native player includes region support since the Q5 II supports removable disk media?