I bought one of these after visiting my brother out of state and seeing that he had something similar set up in his livingroom. We both have media on portable hard drives as well as streaming accounts and I was inspired to add something just like it to my home setup. (as opposed to lugging my laptop out to the livingroom every time i wanted to watch something). I set it up and I have not been disappointed at all. It goes well with a USB wireless keyboard/trackpad combo, if you have one.