I had a 4x3 Zenith HDTV for a number of years. It was a direct-view set, not RPTV, but was actually a very nice display. My sister-in-law has it now, and it still works well after over seven years of service.

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The biggest improvement is by far the Lossless DTS signal the bluray puts out. The 970 sounds a notch better when an improved signal is sent to the 970 preamp. I wonder at what bitrate the 970 decodes the Bluray DTS signal cause whatever its doing it sounds very life like (not cool or warm sounding).

The only way to output lossless DTS from a player into the 970 is via multichannel analog. If you're using optical or coaxial, you are actually getting lossy DTS - but typically at the highest possible bit rate offered by DTS. These high-bitrate DD and DTS tracks really do a pretty good job, even if they aren't truly lossless, and the 970's decoding is then fed into the good DAC and analog section, which certainly helps.
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