Pros: It's like VLC in a box. (At least for video). Does everything it says it does, and does it well. Plays pretty much anything. Plays 1080p MKVs that my roommate's desktop has trouble with, and somehow is still extremely low profile and uses about 7 Watts (though, that's without an HDD). It's what a Set-Top Box should be.

Cons: It can play music just fine, but on account of a few key missing items, I doubt I'll be using it as such. There doesn't seem to be a shuffle feature, and it'll see playlist files but doesn't seem to want to play them, at least not directly. Under UPNP mode, it'll recognize playlist files as folders and lists out the contents of the playlist when you open them, but that just gives you all the files, individually, rather than as a playlist. Considering I don't have a hard drive for it, I haven't tried a playlist stored on the HDD, pointing to files on the HDD. Perhaps that would work better. Also, there are no Page Up and Page Down buttons for browsing through large folders of music and video. A tad annoying.

Overall Review: Definitely outshines the Brite-View box we got before this one, and ended up returning, which had an odd power issue and couldn't quite playback some of the more processor-intensive HD stuff.

Pros: Samba share client that works... not hassles, no intermittency, it just works. Nice user interface, with plenty of useful options. Oh, and zero hassle with HDMI on any resolution.

Cons: Some sort of power or overheating that essentially killed the product. The unit was prone to dying in the middle of playback, as if the power had been lost, and then re-booting. Try as we might, we never found a cause for the problem or a set of circumstances that would replicate the problem consistently. (We tried multiple containers, multiple video and audio formats, playing from both LAN and multiple USB devices, multiple different resolutions, etc.) It's just effectively random, and extremely annoying. Also, MKV playback at 1080p fails immediately.

Overall Review: Going to try out the Argosy HV335T instead, once the return processes. I'll post a review for it once we try it out.

Pros: - Seems like a sturdy construction, no issues with physical damage. - Foldable for Portability - Pretty comfy (unless you wear glasses), doesn't hold too tight

Cons: - Audio quality is not the best, but plenty good for the price. - Pinches the ears pretty hard if you wear glasses. Couldn't wear for more than 30 minutes this way. - Stopped powering on within a week.

Overall Review: - Charges over Mini USB, instead of the far more common Micro, but it does come with a cable.

Pros: Looks pretty slick. Plenty of fans, all of which are adjustable, and there's space for more. Decently modular.

Cons: Not a lot of free space if you're using a full-size board, and no dedicated cabling space, which means cable management can be pretty awful (was for me) which also means you'll lose the benefit of all those nice fans. Would be slightly better with a fully-modular power supply.

Pros: Running 3+1 screen surround. Still able to run every game I've tried at max settings, with no performance issues. Also, stays well cooled, as long as your case has good airflow.

Cons: Nothing yet.

Pros: Both sticks work at full speed. Uhhhh yeah.

Cons: None to speak of yet.