I finally received my 7125 amp yesterday,after a 10 day wait (holiday shipping ,etc); I had received my 990 several days before, but had not opened the box till yesterday. I set up my equip (DVD, CD, Sat receiver)last night. I am having real problems with HD lip synching...I'm talking about NO Setting in the lip synch menu fixes it (from 5 ms to 250ms)....I've tried all kinds of combinations with component in and out, DVI in and out, switching optical connects, etc. Nothing works...what's amazing, is when I put my original receiver (7 yr old 5.1 Marantz SR-685)back in the speaker/DIRECTV loop, everything is synched in perfectly. I had an older HD receiver lying around, and that works fine with the Marantz also (neither HD receiver with the 990). This is very unacceptable....In fact, I got a DIRECTV guy coming in on Monday to check out there end...if the problem persists, I believe I might look at some other equip.

Also, yesterday, when I opened the 990 box, there was a strong odor of smoke (not electrical, but fire, as in Job Lot/insurance sell-off, second store inventory) coming from within...in fact, the odor permeates my living room. I'm wondering if the 990 was some other brand that was bought by Outlaw and repackaged ...or was in some kind of warehouse fire somewhere....I can live with that, but the lip synch, I can't. Anybody have any input on what I could try???

-Joe