Hi guys, I agree with TheDude regarding the Denon. I've had mine for 1.5 years now and it is a nice unit but it would probably behoove you to wait for the new machines to come out if money is an issue. The only problem I have with the unit is that it displays serious macroblocking during dark scenes when using progressive scan via the component outputs. I think this has to do with the DCDi by Faroudja. I had the same problems with my previous Philips 963 with the progressive scan. Perhaps the Faroudja chip doesn't mesh with my Toshiba set but I am staying away from machines with said chip in the future. I run my video via interlace and that produces a fantastic image. IMO.
Good luck.
Svet