My Marantz must be 8 years old-a lifetime for electronics-so the Outlaw has to be an improvement even if I use it the way I use my Marantz-my Panasonic BD player connected directly to my projector.

I have 2 video devices but sometimes I like to play the Bolt onto the overhead projector for stuff like the superbowl (if we ever have one again). As I said before, there doesn't seem to be too much interest in the 976.

Of course if I get it, my Marantz will be stored in my basement next to my Outlaw 950, an older receiver and several old TIVO's-kind of an old electronics graveyard