Thanks Gonk for the quick response. I got the ULs only in June. I haven't got the firmware upgrade until there is another reason. mostly for the pain in the ass factor. I should but haven't. I am not even sure what it will give me smile I still need to get the HDMI switcher. For the money its a nice setup.

With the 990 could I assign four channels (fronts/ rears) and listen in stereo, similar to an A/B speaker select scenario with a receiver? To be honest i don't think I would be happy with the 970 in terms on a sonic upgrade. I really would like to notice an appreciable difference. What is the advantage of having addressable inputs? What is analog video transcoding? I believe the LMC has a stereo analog bypass (2 and 3 channel only). I am also leaning towards towards trying a 1070 receiver as a pre-amp.