I believe that the 978 will be a formidable unit in sound and picture quality but it will not be an Oppo 95 as 73Bruin said above. The Oppo BD-95 was reviewed and was found to have Sabre chipsets on par with units costing thousands more. It is very stable and has virtually no distortion. That unit alone costs 1k. This should not detract from the 978 as a processor.

Professional reviewers need time with the units to test out all bugs or whatnot and they seldom get the unit in their possession long enough to make a complete and tru-telling analysis. You will need several reviewers and would be owners like us to to a longer term analysis and report.