That's why I won't use the build in media player feature that comes with my TV

I was a bit excited when I first realized that my TV comes with media file playback feature. To use it, all I needed a USB storage device with media files plugged into the USB port(s). After using it for a day, I realized how crappy it is. It's a nice gimmick, but far from practice.

Here's why the media file player feature that comes with Samsung LCD monitor sucks:

• Doesn't remember what file you were last playing.
  I have serious ADD problem, and I constantly jump form one task to another task. Obviously with a device that has so many feature cramped inside it (play video game, watch TV, surf the net, read news, check weather and watch media files), of course I will jump from feature to feature like crazy. However, every time I jump out and then back into the media file playback feature, it throws me back to the first screen. That means, if I was playing a file like 6 levels deep inside folders, I have to navigate all the way back to taht file to continue. On the plus side, it DOES remember my last play position. So it seems like this media play back feature is meant to be used with no too many media files in your USB storage device, and no more than 2 folders deep.
  
  
• Codec support lack lust
  It couldn't play rmvb. It also have problem playing a lot of mkv files even though it claims to support it (I keep getting audio codec unknown)
  
  
• Crappy photo viewing feauture
  The GUI for photo viewing is terrible. No way to zoom at ease.
  
  
• No search capability
  This is particularly anonying to me since I have more than thousands of media files.
  
  
• No regular "TV" feature when using media file player
  All the TV feature like screen resize, PnP, Info Link ... they are all GONE when using media file player.
  
  
• No DELETE capability
  This a feature that even O!Play is lacking. My habit of viewing media file is that once I finished viewing it, I want to delete it. Otherwise I will forget whether I've already watched it or not. On PC I can easily delete the file right after I finished watching. However I can't do that on Samsing media file player.
  
  
• Lousy music (audio file) player
  No way to save last listened position means the audio player is audio book and podcast unfriendly. Also, the audio speaker of the Samsung TV is just not that good for music playback.
  
  
• Lack of video playback features
  No frame by frame forward/backward. No slow motion or change playback speed what so ever. Lame.
  

This is why right now I am using my Tablet PC as a media center PC. I get the flexibility of choose KMPlayer, iTune or Windows Media Center to play my media files. My wireless keyboard and mouse allows me to access all the content at ease, and I can manipulate them in the way want. Even after I received the new O!Play media form Amazon, I may still hook my Tablet to the TV from time to time just because the media playback and navigation experience is so much better than an appliance device. Use mouse to instantly jump to the point I want: priceless.