I know... it's so tempting, isn't it? I searched the board and found a couple of threads from back in 2010 when these Quartet machines were introduced... lots of different opinions, of course. Unfortunately HSN always removes the older machines and their associated reviews when they introduce a new one, so you can't even go back and look at the previous models' reviews. If you're a member of Pattern Review, there are four reviews over there for the earlier versions of these machines. I would love to buy it just for the bigger embroidery hoop!
Here are the threads I found:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...-a-t72124.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...al-t71428.html