I'd toss an e-mail off to Scott and Mike at Outlaw (info@outlawaudio.com) and see what they say. Are the sources in question using component video, or are they using S-Video/composite? The component video should be fine, I suspect (although it couldn't hurt to run it past Outlaw) as the 950's component switching is pure switching designed for HDTV bandwidth. The S-Video and composite includes the OSD, which I'm sure is formatted for NTSC and not PAL. I don't remember which format Japan uses.

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