I agree that Yamaha have been getting a rough ride here, but to a degree it's their own fault!

The PSR2000 - warts and all - is a great deal for the money, no question, but as I recall the factor that really raised the temperature was the withdrawal of the flash OS feature - and heres the rub - without telling anybody or updating the web pages to reflect the change other than (belatedly) just deleting the reference to flash OS.

The presence (and publicising) of flash OS was a significant lever towards purchasing the keyboard on the grounds that any teething problems cause by software would be easy to fix, and future updates easy to install. If I'd bought an early 2000 on the premise that it has a flash OS, only to discover that it hadn't, and therefore upgrade would involve a repair shop, then I'd be pretty ****ed off!

So Yahama have effectively placed themselves at the top of the "kick 'em" list.

I would agree that large amounts of the flak aimed at Yamaha applies equally to other manufacturers.