Not to hijack the thread, but I am happy with the 990 despite not having HDMI or the advanced audio. Of course, I would love a new 997, but I am one of those unfortunate souls whose job was recently outsourced, so funds are now scarce for this type of cash outlay.

The newer BD players that support analog out are a good segway into the relam of blu-ray. I have an old Panasonic AE900 as my projector and it is only a 720p. It seems that standard DVD's are getting the back shelf treatment at the local establishments now. I have a Pioneer DV59-AVI that does a decent job of upconverting DVD's to the higher resolution of the projector. I have a 990/770 combo with 7.1 setup. I enjoy the pseudo 7.1 and I am concerned about the newer BD only doing 5.1 and losing the rear two speakers, despite the 7.1 analog outputs. I hear there are more DTS movies that have true 7.1 out than Dolby, so I am sure as time gos on, this will not be a problem..

Apologies again for getting a little off topic