I read that the harddrive of the IHP 1xx series are easily upgradable and that there will be 80GB drives soon. In case this is really true, is there any point in getting the IHP 140 over the IHP 120 -- if I want to upgrade the harddrive in the near future anyway? Are there any other differences between the 2 players, besides the case-color (IMHO the IHP 120 looks better, too).

Thanks!

IIRC, the H120 uses a single platter drive whereas the H140 uses a double, making it slightly larger than the former. There might be 40gb single platter drives on the market now if you wanted to upgrade an H120, but AFAIK all the 60gb HD models are double platter, and wouldnt fit in an H120 without modification.

biggest easily attainable single platter drive is 30GB. toshiba did just come out with a 40GB single platter drive, but I havn't seen it for sell anywhere yet, and doubt consumers will be able to get it anytime soon

if you want 60-80GB drives, get the H140, 60GB drives are pretty easy to get now, but again, the 80GB ones aren't

The difference in case color was a regional difference, not one between the 120 and the 140. The North American versions of both the 120 and the 140 were black, and the international versions were silver.

All H140s are black. The 120s were the ones with the regional differences.

If you're looking to one day upgrade to 80GB you'll have to look at an H140 as it uses a double platter drive and the 120 is thinner and uses a single platter.