good to see an update for a discontinued product, I have just bought today an used POD HD500 so it's very reassuring to read this, I have only just started learning to play the guitar and have to say this is a really nice bit of kit to play around with, also got a used Ibanez s470 and an used Peavey ValveKing VK 112 amp to get me started.
I have a few friends who hire out a barn once a week to play\jam just for fun so hoping they will teach me :) My first newbie mistake was... wow that valve king is way to loud for my flat lol
I will have to wait to go down the barn before I can use the POD HD500 with my VK 112 amp :) so have it connected to a PC speaker system at the moment :(