I am slowly upgrading from my old 1050 based system (see my configuration below). Currently, I do not have any equipment that supports HDMI and my HDTV seems to do slightly better with component input vs DVI. I am guessing that I am at least 1-3 years away from getting a new HDTV.

I see that Outlaw is now starting to offer 990's as B stock with an attractive 3yr. warranty. I was thinking that I could use the 990 to replace the 1050 and then start investigating blu-ray players. An alternative would be something like the Marantz SR5005 used as a pre-pro, but for $150 more, I get both the 990 and an Oppo BDP-93.

Any thoughts?