It sounds to me like the 950 is shaping up to be an incredibly high quality product with a few minor annoyances. Some of those annoyances are understandable, as "fixing" them would drive the price way beyond $900 even for the Outlaws; some seem to be things they just didn't think where important.

Example: it converst composite sources to S-Video. Quite useful, except that it won't convert to component. This works great if you've only got S-Video and composite sources, but you'll still have to switch modes on your TV if you have at least one component source in the mix. I can guess, though, that S-Video to composite conversion circuitry is probably pretty expensive.

Another example: you can't rename inputs. Sounds to me like this would have been a lot easier to do, but they probably just didn't think of it. It would have been very useful to me, as my CD player will have to plug into one of the video inputs due to its on-screen displays.

Do these minor annoyances overshadow the quality and value of the 950? No, of course not. It's still going to be both the best sounding and cheapest unit out there. But you bet they're both on my wish list for the 950's successor.