We can't re-use parts - these things aren't made on the kitchen table, they're constructed by robots on a fully automated surface mount production line! :-)

I don't think you'll have much trouble finding buyers for secondhand players, though.

The alternative to us releasing an improved player now is... not to release one! It doesn't make any sense for us to hold back the technology, and most people realise that continuous improvements are a fact of life in the technology market. We started shipped the current release in August, and the next release will start to ship in March - seven months is a long time in technology terms.

Please don't get the idea that the current players will become scrap - just because Intel release a faster processor every few months doesn't mean that last years models are now useless. We will continue to fully support our existing products, with much on-going development being common to both models.

Rob