It is currently being offered to those who got on the waiting list. It will probably be available for sale to everyone in early July - given that shipments till end-May is already sold-out.

Also, I am beginning to think that the 997 will arrive AFTER the BD-83 Lite arrives - no or minimal analog section - basically a digital transport/decoder . Oppo is supposedly exploring something like that. Such an unit, with < $300 price tag - if it arrives by Sep 2009 - would be a perfect complement to the new processors.