I've been doing a lot of thinking and talking with friends, and I have a 990 in my cart at the moment.

As nice as the HDMI switching would be, I don't think it's a deal-breaker for me. I'm perfectly happy with my 950, so I also don't think there are any features of the 997 that would really drive me to choose it over the 990. I can take the $700 I save and put it towards a Blu-ray player or PS3.

-Joe