I would like to see other mfr's follow Hitachi's lead on this; after
registering with Hitachi as a repair site (free), you can access all of their
service manuals online, and download them in PDF format, suitable for burning
to CD ROM. The companies have to produce the manuals anyways, and they all have
web sites, so this seems like a good way to go. It will also encourage more
independant repair shops to repair their products. Here in Chattanooga, Sony's
lack of cooperation with us has resulted in NO service on out of warranty
Sony's within 100 miles.