For pairing Blu-ray with the 990, the three most talked-about candidates are the Sony S550, the Panasonic BD55, and the OPPO BDP-83 (which is the only one of the three that isn't shipping yet), but there's also a Pioneer or two that could fit the bill.

As for the 997, the equation changes a bit and players like the S350 and BD35 can enter the equation (dropping the multichannel analog output).