I was in a similar position and just about went with the 6000, simply due to the color screen. Just about ready to buy a 6000, when I saw that the 3000 was now available. I went with the 3000, due to the extra hard buttons, mostly the joystick button. So far, I am impressed with the hard buttons, especially since you can eliminate "joysticks" from all of the screens, which leaves a lot of room for buttons. Despite the fact that the 3000 is giving me some headaches learning codes and converting codes from an old ccf I had. I suspect it will be fixed in the next release of the peng software.

Regards..Dave