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A general rule of telescope packages is that the eyepieces are generally cheap quality and not able to bring out the most of what the Optical Tube Assembly is capable of. so many newcomers get disappointed with astronomy as a result. the best eyepiece that are included are often the 10mm and 20mm sizes (the smaller the number the more magnified the image gets and the more magnified the blurriness gets too). Most people rarely use 8mm or smaller unless the seeing conditions are superb. If you switch to a larger number Jupiter should be much crisper but it WILL be small in the eyepiece, it always is. publicity photos give a false representation of the eyepiece experience.
The eyepieces really need to be good quality, they are a series of optical lense elements and cheaper ones tend to be poorly made with poor grade glass (or worse plastic) that introduces distortions. The dont give great contrast which is important for planet surface details. I'd say you'll be well served looking at the Baader eyepieces. Their Hyperion range may still be available affordably, but they were replaced by the morpheus range. If you grabbed say a 32 or 24mm for a nice wide field view that'll help you get around the sky and a 8, 10 or 12mm eyepiece from baader you'll suddenly find your view bursting with stars as the contrast is increased. I think currentl you are losing a ton of stars you arent aware should be there right now. You'll also get less chromatic aberations (colour fringing around high contrast edges, edge of the moon shows it strongly, these are caused by the eyepieces you have and not the OTA. You'll also get better "eye relief" making the good eyepiece easier to use and more comfortable over time.
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