I have both Neo4 and Messiah and too say that the Neo4 is crap in comparison is crap in iteself
Although I do prefer the Messiah it's a very simple swap to play DVD-R games on the Neo4 and it becomes second nature. The Neo4 does however have region free DVD-Video playback and Macrovision off which the Messiah doesn't, so if you don't have a stand alone DVD player, don't want to watch DVD-Video on your PC, want to watch import movies or copy them to VCR then the Neo4 is actually a better option