hmm, thanks for the responses. So, I tried this: changed the HDMI cable to HDMI input 2 on my tv. Turned everything on,popped in a dvd and it worked. So, just for kicks I switched the cable back to input 1 and it worked again. Watched part of a movie. Took it out, popped in another, and now there's no conversion again... Could it also have something to do with how the movie is coded? Ugh...

I did try viewing with both progressive and non-progressive. That makes me think - the on-screen menu for the Denon will not show up via HDMI, but will any other way. Shouldn't the Denon be up-converting when I make the adjustment in the menu?

Last edited by kee_ho; 02/07/07 12:59 AM.