I like the hardrive idea a lot, the DVD recording would be good too, DVD recorders aint cheap.
But its stupid to release it now, it gets annoying when Manufacturers realease a new version of an existing console, e.g GBA SP, even though I still bought it (The Backlighting was a great feature)
But nah, its stupid, I cant really imagine a person who hasnt got a PS2, who will be won over with the new version.
I thought PSX was just called that because PS sounds boring and the X brings some sort of coolness, also I think PSX is actually easier to say than PS