[Draghmar]

Part of my point - in my case I would like dual tuners but don't particularly want to pay for stuff I don't need, like remotes with keyboards. Though again would say that if the original Play with dual tuners could bought for 109Euros, then the Play 2 should also be available with dual tuners for about the same price.

So a bit more mix n' match would be nice.

If you don't want better remote then you can probably sell it. I'm pretty sure you will find many people that would like to buy it.
Of course it would be great if everything was cheap (or even free ) but newer hardware is almost always more expensive then older one.