How is the new Air for watching movies and tv shows?

Looking at a the new Macbook Air. Needs are generally for email, web surfing, lite spreadsheet, word, etc... But, would be nice for travel to watch a few movies or TV shows. Is the Air suitable for watching DVDs (handbrake and loaded on SSD)? How about streaming from iTunes, Netflix, Slingbox? If I need to move up to the MB Pro sure would like to know now. thanks

I find that my new 13" i7 MBA is great for watching even high def movies that I have copied over.
I also have ripped some standard def DVD's, and it works just fine.
My older (2010 11") would have some issues with 1080p (dropped frames and stuttering), bu the new Air plays those fantastically.
I'm a Hulu and an Epix subscriber, and it works flawlessly with those too, as long as my internet connection is sufficient.

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