Alan,

Thank you for the fast reply and advice. The numbers game driven by the industry is lamentable at best. I am frankly astonished to see the ~30W number.

When it comes down to it, I'm not married to the Onkyo as I've two weeks left to return it. I have a number of HDMI devices so have been looking for something to do HDMI switching for me. Looks like I may be back to the drawing board from a source standpoint!

A: Epic 80 * 600 / Integra DTC-9.8 / A1400-8
V: Samsung HL-S6187W / Tosh HD-XA2 / PS3 / Oppo 970HD