An addendum question here would be, is XBMC even optimized to support multithreaded decoding under android? Would throwing more cores at it be better/better GPU? Graphic drivers? etc..

I've been eyeballing a couple of media devices, for the last week, for the prices seems like a decent thing to just buy / play with

Tianle TL869 - Dual-core Cortex A9 1.6GHZ RK3066 / 1GB DDR3+4GB Flash (Amazon $39.99)

Tronsmart MK908 - RK3188 Quad Core 2G / 8G Flash (Amazon $67.96)

To bad reviewing and comparing all of these things costs money! :P

EDIT: words.. sheesh