I have had a chance to play with the new GUI screen & it is pretty interesting. I don't know if it's always been that way,but my media share on my HR24-500 sets up just like the media share on my HR23 & HR22(both of which have the new GUI). The only thing my HR24-500 doesn't have is the GUI screen & UMightLike(now My Direct). Also,all of the + channels are gone from all of my DVRs,if that hasn't been mentioned already. Although it may be because of my boxes(HR22 & HR23),the GUI screen does seem to respond slow. There's no freezing or sticking,it just takes a while for the screen you want to come up.