just been looking at the Schneider HCS 500 in our local ASDA and all but the face-plate, all other features seem to be very identical to the Hitachi HTDK 150. Even down to the positioning of the output terminals and the type of casing and sizes, if this unit is of the same structure then it only costs £299.99 as appossed to the Hitachi which sells for £499.99 at Argos . If anyone can confirm this then i`ll be very gratefull.Has i woould be interested in buying one. Also i`d like to know of any hacks possible with this player