The bottom line is that there is really no compelling reason to "upgrade" to HDMI if you've currently got a working DVI setup. I'm certainly not going to upgrade every 12-18 months as the "HDMI Licensing" people decide they need to excrete another "dot 1" increment to their current standard. I applaud the Outlaw team for sticking to a known (non-moving) standard for the 990.

The 1080p thing is really a strawman for the forseable future since there is zero content to consume in that format today and I suspect there will be vanishingly little even in a couple of years. Heck, you can't even find a consumer level display that will do it yet (though some have been announced) that's actually for sale.