You know whats funny, a bit of topic When Sony released the A808, the first of the new UI and it was a great player but still required SonicStage, i think it sold wel. But three months later they released the A818 and the only thing different was that you could use WMP and MTP mode. Do you think sony gave firmware upgrades to the 808 owners, no. Even if sony could, its not in their policy, new product before new firmware is there philosophy