First of all let's say that it may not be outlaws fault but could be the fault of your tv being too bright(ala toshiba etc.),or even your choice of cables(assuming their not outlaws).However the fact that you had two different results with two different machines(assuming everything else was the same)does suggest the 950.Now I hate to say anything negative about the outlaws,because I think they are a great bunch of guys and gals,but I think there might be- or may have been some problems with the 950 design.This opinion is based on your experience and a review I read which claimed the 950 was a little noisy and undetailed-now i think the review was comparing the 950 to a pre/pro considerably more expensive,so perhaps this point is irrelevant.I think IF there is or was a problem it may have to do with the grounding of the unit or it's circuit board,or could be a quality control issue.It would be interesting as a test to plug a "problem unit" into a panamax surge protection unit that uses "double L filtration"which I beleive grounds everything better.Now since I don't own and have never heard the 950 my comments may be completely untrue,I just thought i should throw in my 2 cents.In the spirit of throwing in my 2 cents I would also like to say i am a little dissapointed in the outlaws.I feel most of their products,with the exception of their cables(which I will purchase shortly)and perhaps their amplifiers,are a little behind the curve.Their was a brief period where the outlaw receiver was way ahead of the curve,but now I feel it and other products may be a little behind the "technological" curve.This does not mean their products are not good values,as they probably are,especially if sound quality is more important to you than the latest "whizz bang" features-it's just that I think they can do,and should be doing just a little bit better.By the way let me just state that I have never used or heard any outlaw product so I am not directly critisizing any of their products.