The NMT uses the same chip in it that a BluRay. If you rip to either .m2ts or .ts, there is no compression, so the video quality is the same as a BluRay player. I just put on my first movie last night on my 120" SmX screen, played from an HDX-1000, and it looked phenomenal! One of the only down sides to the NMT at this point, is that subtitles are not the easiest thing to keep.
CJ