thanks for the reply those 2nd gen hi-md units look damm cool and the new net md's look nice too, but they will probably be very expensive think i should save up the extra for a hi-md, looking at the 900 as it looks the best in my opinion, has a remote and has optical conections, but the battery is pretty bad who knows if the NH1 price drops low enough i may have one when are the 2nd gen ones coming out in april? once again thanks for the help