Yep, that core content is still very much as relevant and capable today as it always was.

Video wise, the K-01 and K-30 were the first of the new video format. It was very capable for the time and introduced new few features over the K-5 etc (but also took away the use of ibis during video too). Sadly that's almost exactly relevant today also, as Pentax have done almost nothing to progress their video offering since those cameras back in 2012.

It's an interesting discussion all round really, as the bones are very solid. That's all you need for a lot of photography styles, especially if you're using it in manual mode on a tripod for example. Modern developments have tended to focus more on supporting aspects like AF speed, tracking, eye AF, mobile connection via wifi, dual card slots, larger batteries and grips, video capabilities etc. It's over to the end user to decide if they need those enhancements or not.

Submitted a few recents from Sydney and see they were approved:

That tornado one is incredible.

Wow that's nice!

Nice idea and well captured.
The K3 + 16-85mm is my go to these days too.

Think I like this more without the 3rd pole light out to the left. Looks to help reinforce the leading lines of the first two.

Could be wrong. Just held my thumb over the phone screen to test, as I wait for my bus to work in New Zealand...

Yeah they were totally up there back in the day and then just went nowhere after 2012, (which is of course around when Ricoh came on the scene).
Film Riot is a pretty major youtube channel now and they've been around for quite some time. If we take a trip down memory lane to April 2010, they reviewed the Pentax K-7 and had good things to say about it.

Can't change what's in the past though unfortunately, but can hopefully influence the future.

No necessarily disagreeing with you here, just explaining why the camera reviews as it does. The K-1 is in a market with other cameras, it doesn't in isolation, and all other cameras perform better with regards to video, so that's why the reviews include it and that's why Pentax performs so poorly in the review system.

Of course Pentax has strengths, but just answering the OPs question.

(Slight deviation, but Pentax doesn't activate it's IBIS during video recording, not since the K-5 series. So whilst it does have it, and is one of / the only DSLR brand to feature this, again it doesn't work in video mode, like focus peaking or autofocus when actually recording.)

You bought a digital imaging device that you personally use for stills only.
It's late 2019. All cameras today can do stills and video, and Pentax itself has had this ability for 10 years.
The reason Pentax is downvoted because of it's video capabilities is because they are very poor compared to every other camera brands capabilities today.
There's really not much more to it than that.

There's always a lot of moaning around features, and soul searching about what it means to be Pentax etc.
We're all Pentax users, and we all have different use cases and therefore different personal requirements.

I don't care that my Pentax has features I wont use, but if they're there they should be good and aligned to others in the market.
I don't use WiFi myself, as I process every file that comes off my Pentax (akin to developing int eh old film days) but I'm fine that others use it and have the expectation that Pentax delivers something decent for them.
Likewise for in camera HDR or any in camera JPG processing options etc.

I'd like to think others could take that stance when some Pentax Users want better video capabilities...