I'm the first vote for original but repaired. Purchased my 40 GB fat in Feb '08, ran all the way till last month perfectly, then the blu-ray laser crapped out. In the last year it's been outfitted with a 640GB harddrive upgrade. Went ahead and got it repaired over opting for a new one, cause I prefer the look of it over the newer slim model, plus it wasn't that much for the repair. Died April 28th, thought about what to do with it for a week or so, with the network outage and everything, but got it fixed. It is now back in the middle of my entertainment center where it belongs.