Hi All,
I have a 950 and am very happy with it but my Dad needs to update his stuff. I was thinking about buying a 950 for him until I saw the 970. It's a few hundred more but may be worth it, I'm not sure though.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Joe

The 970 would be sonically at least equal to the 950 - in that regard, both are going to be safe bets. The 970 will offer a number of extra features (Pro Logic IIx, individual distance settings for each speaker including subwoofer, video transcoding from composite/s-video to component video, an extra component input, DVI/HDMI video switching, RS-232 port for firmware updates, and a headphone jack) - it'll probably be that list of features that would be the biggest factor in deciding whether the 970's worth the extra $250 or $300 over a used 950.