Iardon, the Model 970 is directly based on the Model 1070, so I treat the two as a single design. From what I understand, the 1070 went through extensive testing (including external beta testing) prior to being released back in the late summer of last year. There have been some reports recently of issues with the 970, which presumably would also apply to the 1070 - but those issues have only recently come to light, which means they were elusive enough to slip past not only Outlaw's testing procedures but also the real-world tests performed by many (I'd assume hundreds) of 1070 owners in the latter part of last year. That means that those bugs couldn't be addressed before the product was released to the market, and the question that we are faced with is what will be done now that they are being discussed. The 970 and 1070 have an RS-232 port specifically to allow for bug fixes in the event that software problems are discovered, and we have recent historical evidence that they intend to make use of it - the component video switching problem was very extensively discussed back in December, and they had a patch available before Christmas.

I don't mean for my comments to try to prevent you or anyone else from bringing up issues that appear to be bugs or features that you may wish worked differently - to do so would be unfair to you, counter to the purposes of this forum, and detrimental to Outlaw customer support. It is beneficial to point out behavior that you think may be a bug or that you think would work better if it were different - even if it isn't a product bug or if it is a feature that they don't want to change in the current product, it gives you a chance to figure out what is happening with your unit and can help with future product development.