Not that I'm procrastinating or anything, but....

I've now decided to go down this path and replace my G91 with older 500 series kit and a separate video processor.

Given that my speakers are 18-bit DSP5000's (5 of them), and that I'm not really fussed about DVD-Audio would people be kind enough to comment on the price/performance benefits of 561 (or 565) vs 568, and 596 vs 598?

Video processor will almost certainly be the DVDO VP30 (feeding a Pioneer 504HDE). Other inputs will be Sky HD (this is what's really driving this decision), Pixelmagic HD Media Box for ripped SD DVD's, and Apple Mac mini for ripped CDs.

Ideally, I'm looking to get replacement DVD player (I guess this doesn't have to be Meridian - but at the very least I'll probably want it SDI moddable), the processor (this will be Meridian of one flavour or another) and the VP30 for the price that I can offload the G91 for (money's a bit tight at the moment!).

VP30 is circa �1100, so that would (I guess) leave about �1400 for processor and DVD. SDI mod costs can come later.

Clearly I could get a 561 (or 565) + 596 for that budget. Would I be missing out on that much by not going 568 and/or 598?

TIA,

Gerald.

/edit
Probably worth mentioning that I expect all video and audio switching will be carried out by the VP30 - so strictly speaking, I only need the 56x to take a single digital input and process it.