I second Brenden. I am starting from scratch for my HD home theater and all three components will have HDMI 1.3. Thanks for getting the reporting right this time Matt.

Geez Mr. Matt Burns, are you paid by Engadget? I mean, you were at CEDIA, you saw the Pearl, and can't even report on the most important thing?

WILL IT HAVE HDMI 1.3?

I forget where I read that they are at 80% yield on titled dual-layer discs, but it doesn't matter, just look at the market like "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" ---- Blu-Ray dual layer. Secondly, Mike, big deal on 'full' 5.1 TrueHD, the format is theoretically capable of 14 channels, and both formats call for the eventual use of its current FULL capability of 7.1 channels. Which Toshiba blew with the HD-XA2 by making it HMDI 1.3 to get the beauty of TrueHD but 5.1 only

lumens shumens......here are two cold hard fact formulas to commit to memory....

It has HMDI 1.3 = I am going to buy it.

It does not have HDMI 1.3 = I am not going to buy it.

'Nuff said

Will it have HDMI 1.3 via Silicon Image 9134 chip?

Anyone know if it will have HDMI 1.3 compatability for 32-bit color-depth? HDMI 1.1 is limited to 24-bit.

Plus to Tsunami... are you comparing 720p to 1080i that you can't tell the difference, and if so, are you talking about 'broadcast' 1080i? If so, you should check out the Wikipedia article on 1080i and scroll to the bottom where they talk about 'broadcast' 1080i being filtered from 1920 to 1440 horz. resolution and that interlacing degrades vert. resolution by 25%. It really hits home by looking at the graphical representations of 720p, 'broadcast' 1080i, and 1080p (say "Blue-ray" or "HD-DVD"). It is no wonder people can't see the difference between 720p and 1080i. But, brother if you all can't see the difference between 720p and 1080p, you need to get glasses, or the more modern approach...that being Lasik keraotomy.