Sentinel - while the form factor for the Odyssey is obviously identical to the MPIO products, it is possible that the feature sets are different, ie. both Mac/PC capability, 30 hrs on AA, PC-less encoding (as in the Classic player). I'd be curious to know if the MPIO players have these capabilities. Also, just because the DGN/Digitalway announcements are recent doesn't mean that edig may not have been working with them for a while and may have had some input as to the MPIO designs. They may have deferred any income from that work, so it wouldn't have been evident from the 10k's.