I'm not familiar with openelec, so ill look into that. XBMC won't be an option since it's not in line with what I want to produce.

I'd like to produce a media player device on the basis of the RPi architecture and would like to get some recommended reading. The device will need to be internet connected and capable of playing Full HD, which is why I think the RPi would be a great way to start out. I have some experience with Uni...

Thanks a lot, tried so many things to fix this already.

Also, for newbs like me, after changing this don't forget to restart the ssh connection.