Excellent picture quality and sound. And yes I confirm: It reads MKV 24p whether on an external disk or dvd burned. It's very rare ... High fluidity of travelings to mkv playback, no stutters. Making the scale video DVD is excellent and allows to rediscover the image detail of my old DVD movies. It is very fast and fluid navigation through menus and multimedia capabilities are excellent. It is a great alternative to the OPPO much more reasonable price.