I just gave my reason not to move away from the 10-250. He may see value in those new channels. It was just another option...save the trouble and stick with the good equipment.
The point where you are dead wrong has to to with GOOD equipment. My 2 HR20s work just fine. They might not have a feature you like, that doesn't make it BAD. They also have features that TIVO doesn't. That doesn't make TIVO bad.