Speaking personally, I'd prefer not to see source-level functionality put into a pre-pro. That includes a music or media streaming functionality. Ethernet would be great for, as previous mentioned, updates and IP control however.

That said, the built-in tuner is a source - I'd love to see it removed too.

What are the odds we might be able to get a glimpse of the on-screen display any time soon? That ability, over HDMI, is a huge reason I'd like to upgrade from the 990. That and one of the balanced outputs on the 990 is dead.