Thanks John for your post. I am going to use my existing Rotel RCD-1072 dedicated CD player for red book CDs, and my Playstation 3 for Blu-Ray and SACDs. The new upscaling, universal DVD player would be for standard DVDs (which I mostly rent from Netflix) as well as for DVD-Audio. My decision had to be made between Oppo 981 (superior video) and 970 (superior audio, inferior video - no Faroudja chip and $80 less expensive). Unless I really find something interesting on your Pioneer, or through that list that you mention.
