I have been following the badassconsoles one for a while, but from what I gathered the badassconsoles version isn't PNP, am I mistaken?
The only stuff I've seen posted form the badassconsoles folks are boards or blueprints.
I'd love to get HD out of my gamecube, but I'm in agreement. I'm not willing to throw out $100+ and not know what I'm getting. If some other issue comes up and he manufactures a 4.0, I'm not gonna want to throw out another $100+.