Jack the Denon 3910 according to all the reviews particulary in Secrets does have a better picture and better audio. I agree the 999ES has a great picture but the 3910 is basicly an upgraded Denon 5900 and there new top dog is the 5910. But for the money it is questionable how much improvement you would get with the 5910 over the 3910. The other reason for the 3910 is a DVI connection which the 999ES only has a component connection.

My current plan is to put the 3910 and the Comcast HD box on DVI connections through the 990 to my Sony XBR60950 with DVI. The connections alone should improve picture quality, but with the 3910 better compents it will also add to my visual enjoyment I'm sure.

Also I was told by Steve in pre sales that the 990 will have room equalization in the very near future as a software download which is probably similar to SNAP I'm willing to bet. I'm just guessing about the SNAP but based on Outlaw's buisness model it would make sense with a few design changes.

Merlin