The delay in switching programmes irritates me too ie if you are on programme 2 and realise programme 1 would be better, you have to switch to 3 to 1 and miss the first half of a sentence etc and have people look at you in a weird way while you faff about with the controls. It's less convenient than the set up on the analogue (which was effectively programme 1 and programme 3 with a direct switch between the two) but not enough to make me change back to the old aid. Ad astra per aspera
The 3000 $ markup probably comes from the health industry standard markup rather than any true building cost... Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères