So far I'm very happy with the 990 - it does what the Outlaws say it does. As to the video switching, I run my HDTV cable box and DVD player thru the component in/out with flawless performance (and none of the dreaded "clicks" on capturing signals). I'll be curios about your use of the "auto" calibrate system. My experience with it was uneven at best (setting speakers small when they were supposed to be large and setting the gain entirely too low). I ended up using my trusty RS SPL meter and everything worked out fine in the end. My room is acoustically treated and I know it pretty well from using the other processors, so the auto calibrate mode is still a bit of a mystery to me (my old EAD Signature processor had a similar type of system and it never worked very well either-and this on a high dollar processor)! That said, the overall user interface of the 990 is one of the very best I've encountered with any processor I've owned (or experienced up close in friend's systems -which pretty much covers the full spectrum - low-end to HE). I'll end by saying I never paid too much attention to all the DSP modes in the various processors - found them to be too processed sounding for my old 2 channel analog ears (so that is my bias) - so this was one of the selling points on the 990 for me as it is pretty straightforward with DD, DTS, and DPL II modes. For now, the 990 is doing it's job nicely (and lets me forget about it) and hence, enjoy the throughly enjoyable software coming to my screen.