Rasperry Pi Media Player - Questions...

[oHUTCHYo]

Hi,

It seems my WDTV is now old news and the Rasperry Pi now seems to be a stable platform to build a media centre on.

Questions;

• Looks like I can buy a pack here: http://thepihut.com/products/media-center-kit-for-the-raspberry-pi Opinions?
  
• Will it play 1080P content with no issues, I have MKVs that could be as large as 20-30GB streamed from my ethernet networks
  
• Is there a way for it to ouput 5.1 via optical rather than HDMI?
  
• Any other tips?

Cheers

 

[oHUTCHYo]

Thanks guys, really helpful. As much as I'd like to experience XBMC/OpenELEC I think I may just stick to my plain looking WDTV. I did play around with custom firmware and movie sheets on that but ended up frustrated and going back to OEM firmware