Actually, I'm still very pleased with the 990. The major thing that would make me concider upgrading would be a good equalizer/room correction system.
Wifi and real internet connectivity,including bullit proof updates,would be cool, but not esential.
HDMI support woud also be nice, but not essential.
I think most of us have Oppos, or some other Blu-ray player that does a good job with video and audio processing, so , to me , these are pretty much redundant.
Just give us a pre/pro that provides sublime audio , infinite life, and hassel free operation. A simple task N'cest pas?
(you've already done it with amps)