1) I also thought it was black, but I'm not confident. The reason is if you look for both 1402 DVD's on Onvia site they show the same "in-stock" quantity, which changed in unison for last 3 days since I ordered and posted it.
2) This one also has free shipping and no need for $100 purchase. True, it comes up as $7? shipping, which you could change back to free one. The only issue for me is they now seem to be shipping only from CA, so it'd take a while to find its way east. Before they used Ingram, the same as Buy.com, or McGlenn, with w/h all over, and I'd get it in a day.
3) Where is a good place to find un-locked eprom for this puppy? I'm not sure if I'll do it, but who knows?
Thanks.