Couldn't say (as in it wasn't specified in the release notes). I know that (at least) one time in the past the reboot process was lengthened because it had less problems
Okay, so it wasn't just me noticing that. I had to call last night for a replacement because starting Sunday night, my box would just shut down all of a sudden with the fan running at full blast. The only way to reset it was to pull the plug. It would keep doing it anywhere from 1 to 10 minutes after finally starting up. Figured out that if I unscrewed the satellite connection, it would not crash. This allowed to me transfer all my shows to an external drive.