Media Player - Where to start?

[paddyhasneeds]

OK so just got this new X20 in and up and running and so far so good (need to sort out a Sky HD box).

I have quite a lot of video on my iMac. Some is good quality MP4 and some is WMV/DIVX of variable quality. I tend to use VLC to play it partly because of the interface and partly because QuickTime isn't that great IMO.

Let's say that I wanted to view it on the TV and possibly look at streaming TV and the likes. Where do I begin?

Apple TV seems a bit too geared up toward the iTune store and renting stuff.

[paddyhasneeds]

Thanks all. From doing some digging it seems something like one of the AC Ryan boxes might be a reasonably low cost option?

Small and silent and wireless and can stream or I could chuck a USB stick in it if I wanted to keep some stuff locally.

Has anyone got anything similar?