Dan,

Thanks for being so tempered after my post. To be honest, the message I posted was not the correct version. Generally, when I write something that might come on too strong, I wait and re-read my message before posting--editing if necessary. I did that in this case, but for some reason had trouble posting it. When I finally got through, my original message is the one that got posted, not the "kindler gentler" edited version.

As far as there not being anything wrong with the TC1000, this is technically true. But the TC1000 does not exist in a vacuum, it must be measured against its peers. As an example, if television was just introduced--in black and white--it'd be amazing. If two months later, fully perfected color television was introduced, the old black and white wouldn't have the same appeal, even though there was nothing wrong with it. In a sense, this is how I view the TC1000--I can't accept it anymore than I'd accept a black and white TV.

-Mike