I've played several times on the Poker Pro machine in Ladbrokes Casino at Paddington and it is definitely much faster than live poker. They also do not charge a rake, but a very reasonable £3 an hour and it is totally obvious which name corresponds to which player. Each to their own, but many of your comments about them are simply not true.
the tables can charge a rake per pot, and they were doing. Obviously the software is capable of doing both but I'm just reporting was was happening.
they were slower than a live cash game by a long way even the deal of the cards was slower than a good house dealer. perhaps thats a settings thing.
and it wasn't always as immediately obvious who's action it was as live because hands weren't moving chips.