Thanks for the education guys. I just purchased the pioneer 51FD which does have the analog outputs, i have yet to hook it up that way as I was going to wait for the 997, but...Is it worth it to spend over a grand when I can use the upscaler in my BD player, use the 7.1 off the 990 and get a 4 X 2 HDMI switcher.
Hmmm, something to think about I guess.
Thanks.