>> At the end of the show, they sent a special command that switched it over into "color organ" mode so you could hold it up to your stereo at home and see a trippy light show!

That is one of the most awesome things I've read - a company making an attempt at increasing the usefulness of the product after it serves their intended purpose. Such a sharp contrast to the norm of bricking things that might be useful to people just because the company in no longer interested.