Rich, I don't see the 2700 at any of those places.

I see it's available at Vann's for $799. According to Yamaha's website, this is a authorized dealer.

Authorized on-line dealers

http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/it...ures/538999766

Not bad for $799. A lot of people are caught in the HDMI 1.3 hype and don't realize that it's not needed since the players do the decoding(PS3 should be getting DTS-MA this year). You'd be shocked at how many people ran out and sold their perfectly good HDMI 1.1 or 1.2 AVR to purchase a 1.3