From what I've read during the past two years, both rumor and speculative, I too cannot get really excited about another generation of Tyros. For now, I'll reserve my comments until I can actually see, touch, feel and play the Tyros II live and in person.

As for taking a laptop on the job--I, and an increasing number of performers would not leave home without one. And, when a sunlight viewable laptop becomes available at a reasonable price, one that has a composite video input for real time viewing of the Yamaha's video output, I'll be the first kid on the block to have one. It never ceases to amaze me that keyboard manufacturers, all of them, go to such incredible extremes to produce a wonderful sounding product, then install the cheapest LCD display they can get their hands on--it just doesn't make sense! C'mon Yamaha, Korg, Gem, Roland and the rest of you manufacturers, get on the stick and give us a quality, sunlight-viewable, high-resolution, large, color display. We don't give a tinkers damned what it will add to the price. Hell, we're already paying more for a tankfull of gasoline that the cost of the best LCD display would cost.

Just my thoughts,

Gary

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