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Wulongs

"said: will not play MKVs muxed with the new mkvmerge, which has lately become a hassle, as such a file crashes the whole player"

I would stronly recommend the WDTV. Regarding, the MKV files which don't wrk on your frinds WDTV system - Look for a program called MKVFixer or MKVFix along with mkWDclean - they are only two small files and will allow your friend to 'FIX' all of the MKV's which seem unable to play on this system.<br /><br />You're right about WD not supporting their system after new ones come out but, there is still support for it through user groups out there. I bought a secondhand WDTV system (Version.1) and within a fortnight had it hooked up to my backup collection of movies I copied onto a 2TB hard drive was able to put a CFW (very easy to do) on it and can now view moviesheets on it as well and it really does look very sleek. <br /><br />I've managed to backup my collection of movies before storing them in the attic (about 500 or) and I still have over 1.3GB of space free on the drive. I got the system for £60 (you can get it new for about that price now). A very good investment indeed. Just do a search for WDLXTV on youtube to see what potential this wee box actually has.<br /><br />If I was going to upgrade I'd be checking out the WDTV Live version so you might want to check that out as well...</p>

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