The big sell for me on the Dune is that I can play all my DVD-A Ripped in full resolution 5.1.

That it also acts as a very nice photo browser on the big lounge screen and also plays practically every ripped DVD/Bluray format makes it a very versatile player. And it's a Bluray disc spinner too.

There's little learning to be done. It just reads the files from the HDD's wherever you have them in your network. Link to a HD621 and go.

As mentioned above.....look at the bang/buck on these. One of the best buys out there. (IMHO)