Tex, there is fair chance I might let myself be tempted to "execute" an order.
Unfortunately, my email account was down and emails from the end of yesterday are just starting to come in, so I don't have access yet to the specs and everything from the owners' club. I saw the pictures posted here. Looks pretty nice and, more importantly, I bet they sound quite accurate too!
Betamax... rings a bell... isn't that the underlying technology behind Blue-ray?