Well I've done a bit more research and firmed up my specs a bit. I'd really like that Oppo, but it and a few other players ranked highly in the Secrets comparison, don't do SACD. I realize that there are a lot of people who don't like SACD because it's another Sony-created non-standard "standard," but there are a few good items in the catalog of music produced in SACD and I'm not willing to exclude them (yet) from my future.

So do any 990 owners (which I will be next Monday if I can believe the Fedex website) have any universal (all formats) DVD players that work nicely with the 990's bass management and inputs, that upconvert to 720p & 1080i, and have a DVI/HDMI connector, that they can recommend? I don't have any objections to Denon, but the price premium (perhaps for SACD licencing?) just seems like a lot (and we all know that Outlaws are conscious of value in A/V gear).