True. Keep in mind, March is the end of the first quarter of 2009. Two months after the anticipated launch of the S/N 972. I would expect, as Peter noted, that most of the major bugs would be worked out by then. Some may call that ignorance, others optimism. Either way, there may be some bugs, but I can work around them. My Harmony remote allows for different set-ups that would allow me to work around the 997 if I had to. My wife would be happier if we just used the speakers from the TV anyway. So I could set-up a "Watch TV" function for her and one for me that included the 997 if I needed to. I've been waiting for a long time to upgrade my system, so I'm willing to accept a few bumps to get to where I'm going.