It's not just Outlaw - all smaller manufacturers keep products around a good bit longer than the large outfits (product lifecycles run closer to 3 years rather than a year or less), and HDMI 1.3 will be arriving solely in the sense of announcing the standard. HDMI 1.2 was adopted last August, but I haven't seen any products (receivers, processors, or source components) actually using HDMI 1.2 yet. They may lose a few sales, but the folks who want a processor with HDMI right now and who actually get one are the folks who have $5000 to spend on a processor - which is not Outlaw's main target market to begin with. If you want to be really out on the bleeding edge and actually get HDMI on your processor in the next 12 to 18 months, you'll need to be ready to spend about $3000+ and you'll only benefit from the HDMI support for HD-DVD or Blu-ray material. On the other hand, you could spend $1,100 now, use multichannel analog output for HD-DVD or Blu-ray, and sell that $1,100 unit in three years for around $500+ (Model 950's sold for $900 in 2002 and sell used today for between $400 and $500) and buy something with HDMI support for $1,500 or less when HDMI support will be more beneficial.