It is encouraging that Outlaw is using ABT given my experience with ABT employed in my oppo. We will have to wait and see which chip they will use in the 978. Thanks for the info on the chip development.

I compared 1080p to 720p when I set up my oppo and couldn't really see any difference but I never used 480p. I'll check it out if I get a chance and report back. I suspect the scaling capability of my Pioneer is pretty good since I couldn't see any difference between 720p or 1080p from the oppo to 768p. I suspect I won't see any difference going between 480p and 768p but I'll check.

Edit: Gonk's note about BD at 480p is why I used 1080p. I only compared 720p and 1080p on DVD playback.