Thanks for your input, but i live in Cyprus, so buying from Germany is a no brainer as not only prices are lower, shipping is too! (both ways) !

I owned an et-5000 up until last year, and the one i got from my in-law is still working fine. I just realized that the 4000 has an even faster processor and twice the RAM.

I'm still not sure if it's the best value in that price range nowadays. Any other boxes i should be looking at?