somewhat related to the discussion, I have a newcastle r-972 = used it about a month now.
I have some issues. I've dropped use of hdmi temporarily for some sources (I hope) because I'm waiting for handshaking issue to be resolved.
video processing is awesome. I seem to be the only guy on avs forums who cares about v. processing, but I like many shows that I simply can't get in HD, and the processor really takes them up to near HD. Before this unit, i would groan each and every time I switched from ESPN HD to anything from BBC low-def. Now, while aware that it's no longer real HD, I don't really give it a second thought.
Trinnov is fantastic. really. I'm not an expert but I really enjoy listening to everything.
