Stripes, we tested the A1 and it was extremely buggy. I was reading a review on the A2 and it seemed like it had many of the same issues. I figured there would be a firmware upgrade for some of the problems but it doesnt sound like it. I really dont remember all of the problems but I do recall lockups and having to restart the movie from the beginning several times. Vicki could tell ya a little about it. Like I said, that was the A1 but that review on your alls site for the A2 sounded very similar.