The New Sherwood Newcastle Receiver Is Everything I'm Looking For

Forget Apple's new phone, for a couple of my colleagues and I, the big gadget announcement was really the Sherwood Newcastle R-972. Dolby TruHD, DTS HD, HDMI 1.3 switching, 1080p up-converting, that Sherwood quality - the hardcore-home-theater-geek forums are rightly hot and bothered over this.

It should be out in the summer and it should be available in P-972 form without the integrated amp. Around these parts we like our beer cold, our dollar low, and our components separate.

This may also mean an upcoming replacement for the Outlaw 990 since it's based on the P-965 (which I currently own) which is the predecessor of the R-972. For those truly interested, back in March I complied some background information on Sherwood.