REPASSAC – 1 hour ago  » 

From your comments you would clearly like a faster processer at a higher price point.

PVR performance is split between the PVR chipset which gives the PVR performance with multiple recordings, encryption/decryption and other chipset functions and U.I. performance which relies on the U.I. design and CPU speed.

All manufactures (excepting perhaps Apple) consider selling price as a important consideration.

I don’t think their choice can be right for all.

I write software for a living and there are two approaches to this:

1. You write software and ensure the hardware is appropriate to run it

2. You start with a fixed hardware set and write software in such a way so that it runs well on said hardware

I think you’re probably right in that they are keeping costs down by limiting the hardware. In which case they have failed in point 2 above.

It does seem like sightly bloated software to me. A more responsive basic text based interface would’ve been preferable for me