Where did the picture of the 990 go that is supposed to be on the home page? I really wanted to see the list of specs...well, the FAQ was there at least, very nice.
I wonder how a upgrade to room eq will happen? Software? I have a nice new DEQX for the mains, but refuse to bye 2 more just to do EQ for center and rear (I need the xover for the mains)
Question, do we finally have a real frount panel pushbutton for "direct" input? If I lose my remote on the 950, I get no SACD time...

Its on the Home page now. I'm more than happy with my 950, why can't I wait to get my hands on a 990????

What is "2 channel subwoofer offset"?

Blaineh, try this link for now - I suspect the picture on the home page didn't get posted last night.

Will, the 990 differs from the Sherwood in this regard - it has a quadruple crossover (separate crossover frequencies for the fronts, center, surrounds, and surround back).

JeffreyMercado, the FAQ mentions that "The DVI circuits are a pure switch" which makes me suspect that analog video inputs will not be available at the DVI output.

Jas1, the way I've always understood the issue of lip sync delay is that certain video sources introduce a delay in the video signal because of the video signal processing they apply. This would be for things like upconverting DVD players, standalone video scalars, and stuff like that. The original announcement indicated that the lip sync delay was independently asjustable for each input, so if you had a source that caused this sort of video delay you could dial in an audio delay to bring the two back into sync.

okay, so i was wrong. teh follow up came out last night. i *never* claimed to be right all the time! heck, i'm probably wrong more than i am right!

c'est la vie,

so, with "7.1 channel direct input with digital bass management..." does this completely replicate the functionality of the icbm? would there be any reason to add an icbm to a system that had a 990?

Until we see the manual or get some first-hand experience with one, there's no way to be 100% sure, but here's how I would interpret "7.1 direct input with digital bass management" - you have the option of an A/D conversion on the multichannel analog input, at which point the 990's quadruple crossover settings and speaker delay settings are applied to the signal, thereby duplicating the ICBM's work (plus the delay settings, which the ICBM does not provide). This is an approach used by a few other pre/pros (including the Anthem AVM-20/AVM-30, I believe). The only case I can see where someone might use an ICBM with the 990 is if they had a profound desire to keep the 7.1 analog input in the analog domain all the way from player output to ear but still wanted bass management.

I am not sure that this belongs in this thread, but I know that we have talked about this so....I figured that some folks might be interested in this...

an article about sony open to a blue-ray Hd-DVD merge..

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/13/sony_blu-ray_hd-dvd_talks/

enjoy..

I think it should output to DVI or else how are you going to see your XBOX if you have your component out hooked up to the TV. I know the Outlaws understand that people have two video displays a TV and a projector. That would be a crushing blow for me.

That's certainly an interesting article, and matches this article as well. I've got a post buried a few pages back in this thread that also mentions the slim chance of a Blu-Ray / HD-DVD resolution, only from the HD-DVD side of the table (it also mentions some potential delays in the HD-DVD roll-out that I haven't seen much comment on elsewhere). Definitely an issue that will be worth following over the next year or so.