Don't mean to hijack this thread, but it is a situation I am in as well....I was staying all DMX (even for the couple of pixel based items I have today), but I know I am going to do a Pixel based mega tree either next year or the year after and am planning to go the Smart String route. When I do that I will have both PixelNet and DMX in my environment, but would prefer not to....
So, any chance the current DMX devices will be converted in the future to be PixelNet (Lynx Express, Aether II, etc.)?