I would expect the 970 to perform almost exactly like the 1070. The difference being the quality of the amps you attach to it. Someone else on the board reported that the 1070 and 990 were very much similar for surround sound, but the 990 was significantly better for two channel listening. I was just hoping that they made that one little change for DVI/Component assignability.

Personally the 970 looks to be a good fit for me over the next couple of years. It is a relatively inexpensive fix for me until the industry figures out the whole HDMI debacle (not to mention Blue-Ray/HD-DVD).

When will they be sending the remote codes to Harmony??? (just kidding)