Mnyb,
I agree with you that's what I said in my intro post. The "value in integration" is very strong. although I would have loved to buy DVD-A but I couldn't buy that many Jazz albums. I'm still looking for Art Pepper and the Rhythm Section without success (Japanese Edition).
If I buy a G68XXV I will do exactly what you are doing decode+upsample the DVD-V tracks!
But I've held back because like a lot of people here I'm waiting to see what's happening on the HDMI front for decoders :rolleyes: ...

Meridialien, I will not use the G9x as a CD playback but only as a DVD-V/A because I'm playing CD through my dedicated CD player.

If the option is to have 1 player only for CD+DVD, outputting in analog stereo only then M is probably still better than Denon (at the high end) and Oppo (at the low end) assuming you put a high weight on music which I do.