Don't be worried about the bluntness - I just want to know if there is any hope

You seem to understand my situation. Even though there might be great transcoding tools, I just don't see that as an option. I want to be able to plug in my device and transfer any video of my choice from my collection without having to plan in advance. It might sound picky, but worked perfectly fine (most of the time) with my "old" PMP. I understand that PMP's have dedicated chipsets for video-decoding, though, which I guess the N800 doesn't have?

What I'm still curious of is if you think the N800 actually has enough power so that it _should_ be able to function as a PMP, or if its just not possible. Imagine if Nokia really put their minds to it. Could they develop a really good media player for the N800 (making it perform as a PMP)?

GeneralAntilles - specify how great mplayer works, please?