Until hardware manufacturers find financial incentive to change, this will continue. As it stands today, hw vendors do not derive any (significant) revenue from

Until hardware manufacturers find financial incentive to change, this will continue. As it stands today, hw vendors do not derive any (significant) revenue from updating software and so it's small wonder that these devices are not updated. Personally, I'm perfectly happy with a "dumb" TV with lots of HDMI inputs and a Raspberry Pi with XMBC installed.