HDMI 1.3 has other benefits worth waiting for: extra video bandwidth to a minimum of 2560x1600, automatic lip-sync, and an improved CEC (control) channel (which allows components to talk to/control one another, ie put a disc in your PS3 and it could turn on and properly switch a preamp and TV that are connected to it).

HDMI 1.3 has features that deserve serious consideration and care, as their implementation in the next Outlaw unit must not only bear out the life of the model (several years, most likely), but also deliver a superior feature set for the price to satisfy their customers. Considering that the software that drives HDMI upgraditis (HD discs) sells at about 1% the rate of DVDs, it's not a market that benefits Outlaw rushing into.