Picked this up saturday to go with my v2000, I'd been using my laptop until then and there's quite a dramatic improvement.
Watched a couple of episodes of band of brothers, some pixar films and FotR, I'm certainly very happy with this.
I've got it connected via hdmi, which is great, although there's a big blue 'WOO YOU'VE GOT A HDMI CABLE PLUGGED IN' light at the front, which is a tad bright.. also a progressive scan light which lets you know what's happening.
The GUI is hideous after using the beautiful v2000, but who cares, it's cheap, pretty and looks damn good in my eyes.
Sorry I'm not even remotely technical