Thanks for your input Gonk.I can attest that the 7.1 Direct sounds good in my system but it is no where near as good sounding as the optical sound. It has to do with the 5.1 downmix to the 990 in that it tries to use the center channel for all of the voice signal and my center cannot match the LR for richness of sound. It would have been nice to have the BDP-83 have a menu for downmix with 2.1 upsample as an option.

Any opinions out there as to what my first Blu-Ray should be. I have a lot of good DVDs which I won't likely upgrade so everyones suggestions are welcome.
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Music system
Model 990/7500/Magnepan 1.6 QRs/Technics SL1200 MK2/Aperion S-12 Subwoofer/OWA3/Sony NS75H DVD
APC H15 Power Conditioner

TV System
Large Advent Loudspeakers/ Polk center/Monoprice surrounds/Panasonic Viera 42 inch/Onkyo HT-RC260/Sony BDP S590/Directv


Home Theater System
Onkyo PR-SC886/Outlaw 7125 Klipsch RF-82 L/R,RC-62 center, RB-35 SR/SL, BENQ HT1075, Outlaw LFM1-EX/OPPO BDP-83/Directv
Harmony ONE
Blue Jeans and Monoprice interconnects
APC H15 Power Conditioner