This should do what you want. Its what I use. And its def faster and I have market and Netflix access. Don't know about the htpc because I don't use that. But you can remote in to a computer with splashtop.
[ROM][BL1.1] [BL1.2]VEGAn-TAB GingerEdition v7.1.0 [UPDATED - 8/27/11] - xda-developers