Yes you can pass the processing to the monitor, but in this day and age of cable/satellite boxes, streaming devices, blu-ray players, etc., a lot of people run everything through their AVR or pre/pro and use one HDMI out to their monitor/TV. Yes the Oppo is a fine processor but not everyone has one or in fact feels the need to buy one. Some may feel that the best set up for them is to "Pass" everything to their AVR/processor and then scale, enhance and unitize noise reduction as well as the many other filters available. Also, not all monitors/TV's have great processor's in them.

My intention of my post was referencing what Onkyo is doing with their 818 and the cost that it is selling for as well as the previous post by others that were disappointed with the lack of room correction. My thought was that if the new Outlaw unit had very good to excellent audio and video processing, that maybe the features that would not make it a deal breaker for some.