The new Yamaha Clavinovas are here! The CVP-30x series finally brings the Clavinova to the 21st century, with a SmartMedia slot (replaces floppy drive), USB connectivity to PC (replaces serial cable), USB "to device" so you can hook up a USB 2.0 hard drive, "Direct Internet Connection" (ethernet) to purchase and download songs directly from the Internet—proprietary to Yamaha's website, naturally—and optical digital audio out. New sounds, including Tyros and PSR-3000 sounds, which people seem excited about. Other stuff too; just shows what kind of a user I am to be attracted to these features.

Question: All those expensive book+floppy disk sets that we all bought, how will they work with the 300-series if there's no floppy drive? Some Yamaha dealers appear to be suggesting the use of a USB floppy drive, but I'd like to hear this confirmed with a test. Yamaha puts copy protection on its floppies, and I'm not convinced any old USB floppy drive would do the trick (though it might).