I guess I wasnt being clear enough in my previous post.
Magelis XBT-GT terminals are re-badged Xycoms.
They are built in JAPAN by a company called DIGITAL ELECTRONICS.
They also provide terminals to GE who re-badge them as 'Quickpanels'. They are also sold through Pro-Face America under the original Xycom brand name.
I have used Quickpanels, Xycoms AND Magelis GT terminals and they are identical. The software is also pretty much identical except Xycom kept some of the better features and more more drivers for their OEM offering.
So to sum up, NO they are not low end, they are not French and they work just fine.