>>Well, it is a stupid strategy and it will cost them one more potential customer...ME! << Well considering the price and the target audience of a TDM system the 001 is a giveaway, and Digi is doing the right thing by letting home studios use Protools, if you don't like it then go find a better bundle with software that will keep you happy, I think there is a big market for people who want a full professional studio working right out of the box. A full TDM system will cost you between $8-12k so that is 8-12 Digi001s and you want time code to go with it ?!! Digi is setting some new standards here, the only other bundle that comes close is the Audiowerk8, but it doesn't have all the I/Os of the 001 and it comes with micrologic too...My point is time code is not for everyone and most people who use it make there living out of it.... Bashar