Sorry, I'm EXTREMELY late to this thread, but there you go...
After making several poor buying decisions I discovered the posts from some users and I saw what they had and it fit what I was looking for. There were several devices that would have fit what I said I wanted but those were not mentioned much.
There is a simple reason for that... nobody seems to ask any questions... or pay attention when requirements are stated.
If someone is giving advice before asking questions, or taking into account the stated requirements, it stands to reason their advice may well be useless.
As for me, I rarely give advice, I only ask questions.
The problem with that, however, is that too many newbies are too impatient to even bother answering the questions.
I suppose the same person that is asking "what should I get" without providing details or answering questions is the same person that won't do research.
So that basically leaves everything exactly where it is today.
Which is exactly where it's been since day one, and probably where it always will be.