Sounds like this player will meet most people's high expectations for a Blu-Ray player from Oppo. Thank you, gonk, for the thorough review. Right now my cash is waiting for the 997, so the PS3 will remain my Blu-Ray player for now.

I am curious, gonk, about the analog outputs. You mentioned that you could hear an improvement when using these outputs while listening to a CD. Did you notice the same result when listening to the sound track of Blu-Ray movies?