Not to split hairs, but I think most progressive scan players actually apply the flags, and then use post-processing to IVTC. This is because a lot of DVDs -- especially older ones -- don't use the flags properly, like they should. Ignoring flags is elegant, but brute force field matching is more foolproof.
Yes, I know that was definitely true of the first models, and is probably still the case, but I didn't want to confuse things.
As far as 1080i, from my understanding they're starting to push 1080p now. I'll admit I'm not completely up on the format, but is the interlacing just the way the TV displays it or do they actually record the content interlaced?
And yes, square pixels mean it's all non-anamorphic, but it's non-anamorphic at 16x9 resolutions. So more accurately they are all widescreen. Yes they are welcome to take and pillarbox the thing, but lets hope we see little of that crap.
ESHBG, you don't need Movie Only mode if you want the menus. Movie only is just that, the movie, no menus, nothing.
As far as if the menus are converted to anamorphic or kept anamorphic, I don't know. You'll have to see what you end up with.
As far as DVD-9's it's not uncommon to see them for $1.80. But either way you can test your newly encoded disc before you burn it...
Everyone Else, anyone notice that the TV commercials for this set aren't even saying the OUT is on the set? In fact they aren't saying that OUT is limited edition, they are saying "available individually for a limited time."
Are they playing with words? Are we next going to see the OUT as part of a boxset after they try to rook us for this crap release?