(I know I can get a Roku box or similar, but I'm yet to find something that can replicate all the functions I want. An Android machine would be perfect)
Another issue is that's the base/lowest price? There are already competing boards/kits that may be better priced than this is. Once you add the cost for the faster (quad-core) cpu, and storage, how will this compare to an AMD ITX based solution? Whenever I see a media solution like this, that's always the path I go down. When I'm going to actually spend more than $200 for a full version of an ARM solution, I tend to rethink that an ITX solution with an AMD board/APU seems like a better deal.
I honestly think it will take a bigger name to actually push a decent solution like this. Apple TV hasn't done too well here, and nothing else even comes close to that. Roku and other media hubs are pretty limited, but effective. What I don't like so far are the solutions integrated into the TV... those in the blueray players are a little better, but still, would like to see something more open as a platform. I do think that something like Ouya could be that, but Ouya is targeted at games, and almost no media so far... though I haven't checked the Ouya store in a few weeks.
I wouldn't use the Ouya for serious storage anyway because I couldn't readily access or manipulate that data through the network, but that's just me.