I have had one for about two months and am very happy with it. I did the same thing that you are doing and was beginning to wonder if it was for me or not. After about a month of reading the posts here, I finally decided to take the plung. I purchase mine one firmware upgrade ago and have had minimal problems - every 3-4 days I will have to reset it - but that has been it. The remote function and the wireless communication has worked flawless. I have not used the EPG very much at all as I have DirecTV for about 10 years now and I can operate thier guide in my sleep now. Bottom line I do not regret my purhase of the iPronto at ALL!