Thanks HomeDad. Don't know if it matters, but I am curious about upscaling only with regard to whether it will help non-HD channels from the cablebox. I love the DVD picture. Have an uscaling DVD player (at least I think it upscales) into the receiver via HDMI and out via HDMI. I frankly don't have any idea what any of the components are doing, but I think the picture looks great! I am assuming that an upscaling receiver wouldn't make the picture from the DVD player any better or any worse in that regard.