My understanding of HDMI v1.3's lip sync feature is that it requires the entire signal path to support both v1.3 and that (optional) automatic lip sync capability. I'd like to see the automatic feature included, but it'll need to also retain the older manual lip sync adjustment.

Outlaw did go back to Eastech after the 950 - Eastech did the 1070/970. The 990 did establish a new relationship with Etronics, though, so it's impossible (at least for us gunslingers) to say which way they'll go for the next round.