I'm in the same boat as Willie Jackson. Gonk, you've already helped me a quite a bit with this, but I'm still debating. I've been eying Samsungs new LED DLP TV's. I am really interested in the 61 inch. I know the 981 isn't suited for DLP, but the LED engine is completely different the previous DLP engines.

Where my decision is tough is waiting. I don't plan to buy my TV until early next year. My current DVD player crapped out on me, so I'm stuck using a PlayStation or Xbox for video's. My current TV is an old Sony Wega and it doesn't have HDMI and therefore I'd have to use Component or S-Video out. My understanding is that the 980 only supports playing encrypted content through HDMI and therefore all movies I rent wouldn't work with my current setup. I suppose I could go HDMI to DVI to the 990, but can I then go to Component out on the 990?

As Willie said, I want all the goodness of the Faroudja chip and all the goodness of those new DAC's. Decisions Decisions.