I'm experiencing the same peculiarity with my setup: I don't get the pop-up OSD with my DVD player. I have no problem accessing the 990's menu but no pop-up display. I have my DVD player set to progressive scan and I think that's why the OSD isn't showing up. When I get a chance I'll change the setup on the DVD player to interlaced and see if the OSD shows up then. Perhaps Outlaw can correct this anomaly with a software update - video upconversion to component should pass the pop-up display (Marantz, Rotel, & others do).