You don't like me because I bagged on your 'mods pls' thread get over it already life is too short to hold petty grudges like that, I don't dislike you or AlwaysFSX, that comment you quoted was clearly banter.
Sony have tried very hard to make the PS4 a completely useless media player and have succeeded in doing so.
Buy a WD Live box for cheap and use it to play literally anything from a USB stick, or just connect a PC to an HDTV with HDMI.
This is because it's hardware based and the software just programs the chip on the motherboard? This makes sense thank you for the info I will try it out.
BTW nice to see a fellow MGS fan, roll on V.