Just bought and installed a media streamer (Ryan A.C. PlayOn!HD2 mini)

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A week ago I was looking for a DVD player without a DVD player. Or a Bluray player without the Bluray. Just something that I can stick a USB stick in to load some files.
I have an old school TV, but it's big. Probably one of the biggest you had before they went HD and flat. I used to have a video out on my video card, but it broke down and my new card doesn't have one anymore (just HDMI etc.).
I don't want to buy an HD TV yet.

When I asked in a store, they pointed out something better: a media streamer. You can use USB storage or you can put it in your network so you can stream from your PC.
The one I have now (Ryan A.C. PlayOn!HD2 mini) reads all the files currently known to man. .mkv etc. It can even stream Bluray ISOs.

The sweet thing is that it comes with a remote, so I have all these options from the comfort of my couch. Also, it plugs into my surround system (with an optical connection). And it has a HDMI out, so it's compatible with my future TV.

Do you have any experiences with stuff like this?