Hello Everyone. I'm kind of new to this forum thing. So bare with me.....
There are 1080P AV Receivers that exist, and yes it is a Denon product, but you do not have to spend 6-7K to have the 1080P experience. You can if you want to, but you don't have to! The Denon AVR2807($1099), the AVR4306($1999), the AVR4806($3500.00) and the AVR5805MKII($7000.00) will pass a 1080P signal. Not only receive it, but also pass that signal to your monitor. Most receivers including the AVR5805 will downconvert that signal to 720P.
And understand this.....You must have a 1080P highway to experience tthe actual resolution.
That means that your DVD, DVD player, the receiver the component/HDMI cable must be capable of accomodating the 1080P bandwidth. Any interruption in the path, and you've lost it. Now I may be wrong...but, I don't think so. Go to the Denon website and read the specs on the forementioned AVRs. Yamaha has introduced the RX-V2700($1500.00). It too is 1080P ready.
ldgibson