Nobody knows about the 998. For now we are still trying to get out the 978. As for greater than 1080p, that is the standard of what we have and it is NOT outdated at all. Most movies do not even get the most out of 1080p as it stands. To get a true 2k or even 4k picture, they will have to rework bluray to something better. I won't go into the subject deeply here but bluray is on it's last days or formidable years. Samsung and Sony said this among many others.

The 978 will be a state of the art processor but configuring it to pass through a picture that has not seen the light at this point or whenever is not priority. It will be a while before we can get a much higher quality picture AND the movie studios all must jump on board with this. The tv industry is hurting bad and Sony is bleeding financially on their tv division.

You will need a lot of patience for a better tv format.