Skimming this thread, one thing that I think might need clarification about piece recognition is that there are two ways it seems to be implemented:
1. The specific piece is recognized (i.e. the chess computer knows the difference between a queen and a king on a specific square).
2. The specific piece is not recognized, but that a piece is on a square is recognized (i.e. the chess computer knos that some piece is on a square, but can't differentiate what that piece is).
Chess computers whose pieces only need some piece of metal or a magnet to be recognized, won't ifferentiate between specific pieces.
Chess computers whose pieces use programmed chips such as RFIDs, are capable of recognizing what piece is on a square. To me, this is vastly superior for quickly setting up specific board arrangements. Th Millenium Exclusive Tournament boards have this feature, but I am not familiar with the other brands, and therefore can't comment on them. With these Millenium boards, you can choose which module(s) you want to use with the board.
Tony
I'm in the same boat... i'm thinking what to buy, Millennium Tournament vs Certabo vs Squareoff Pro.
I can see that certabo advertises new versions coming for macos ... but nothing has been come for years... they don't even know (on the website) that new main release of macos exists. Every threads stops in 2020 which i read about certabo...
Millennium: Very good boards, but not really supported on macos.
Squareoff Pro: it seems by far the best option (it is pretty cheap compared to the others) but I don't really like that you can not slide your figures. Everyone who i saw online moved their hands in an unnatural way... Millennium is much better in this. Many people complaining about squareoff's company which is not a good news. They can not cancel their order, they don't receave their order and so on...
Hard to find a really good solution. Millennium seems to be really good and you have the option to connect to Hiarcs (unless you have macos like me) and you can play on chess.com (unless you have apple ... like me...) and you have that bulky M822 connect module which is funny ... :/
I think no need to these boards, this is why manufacturer and developers don't want to invest more...
You have to decide which of your needs you give up ... for the really high price...