Recommendation For A Sata Based Media Player

[MRSAMO]

Hey PC folks,

I've been shopping around for a media player to replace my DVICO M5000 player I bought about 3 years ago, worked really well and has the best remote ever, only problem is that it doesn't play OGG or MKV video formats.

Now I've built HTPCs before and while they do the job, the experience is just not as seamless as dedicated media players like my Dvico. The ability to not use a keyboard and mouse to access a video library is something I will only accept when sitting on a couch :-)

Anyway I've looked at:

- Dvico products (good: excellent remote, build quality / bad: firmware updates are infrequent, boring menus, high power, heavy, not as innovative as the other companies, expensive!!)

- Popcorn hour (good: plays everything, innovative, almost like a PC / bad: expensive, very ugly, heating problem especially the A200)

- Astone (I know nothing about)

- Egreat (good: plays everything, affordable, lightweight, low power, internet applications, accepts esata external inputs / bad: developed in china, firmware not proven, can only buy via ebay, australian resellers expensive)

- Western Digital (good: plays nearly everything, lightweight / bad: pricey for what it is, limited applications, only usb external inputs, tiny remote)

- Dune (good: plays everything, innovative / bad: very expensive, heavy, only 100mb ethernet network)

I want to be able to store and playback recordings from my camera in 720p and 1080p as well as the ability to playback 1080p MKV, Full-HD trailers, youtube and DVD/Blueray backups (we can do that right??).

Anyone else have any experiences with the above or recent experiences with media players?