Mike,

I'm using an older Samsung 841. It upconverts (using the same Faroudja chipset) to 720p on a Sharp Aquos panel. I'm extremely happy with it. The difference in picture quality over 480p is startling. I've got it set up so the toslink out goes to the DVD input on the 990. The coax output goes to the CD input of the 990 and that is piped through a Monarchy DIP 24/96 "jitter buster". 2-channel audio is outstanding.

I've never been convinced of the utility of SACD. There are only a small number of titles available and it defeats the purpose of having a nice outboard DAC (since you're forced to use the DAC in the player). Not my cup of tea.

Cheers,

Chris