What I have: Yamaha HTR-5760 110x7 7.1 channel receiver - I love it, although it's kind of black and ugly (and *might* be a tad weak if I buy a set of Martin Logans...)

What I want:

I realized I don't care about 7.1 surround sound - those extra 2 channels never get used (more speakers, more wire, more space... just not worth it). I'd rather just have more power driving 5 speakers than 7. Clean, clear 5 channel amplification is what I want.

I'm starting to enter the world of HD, and this receiver doesn't support HDMI or DVI and it has no component video switching. If I could have my wish, I'd have a device with a bazillion inputs (composite, s-video, component, dvi, etc, etc) that all feeds into 1 HDMI cable running to my flat panel display.

I *don't* want 17 electronic boxes to make this all happen - 1 or 2 max.

I like the digital sound-field programming in the Yammie, but have discovered I really only use 3 or 4 sound fields: Direct Stereo, 7-channel (5-channel) stereo (for parties), "adventure / sci-fi movie" mode, and PLII mode for games (although I imagine games becoming more and more 5.1)

My Yamaha cost $400 on sale - I'd like to keep my replacement purchase to under $1k

I know this is silly (I'm a designer, what can I say), but aesthetically I think the big black boxes are ugly (at the time, Yamaha only sold their higher-end receivers in black - not silver)

Suggestions????