Sorry bout that, I tend to ramble late at night ... plus I didn't feel like having three topics (splitting this one up, plus the "Small world" topic) on the front page of CI made by me ... would feel like I'm hogging the forum
Thanks for the suggestions

... due to severe lack of time, I'm heading right now to his place and can't check out the programs yet, but I'll look at them tonight and mention them to him if I like them better than the Sony one