DVD upgrade

Dekay- My HT and 2 channel are separate in space and function. The DVD would be used with a Loewe Planus 16:9 which is VERY source dependent. Other components in HT in a small room (11x11) are Yamaha RVX 995, Sony A55 DSS, 5 NHT superzeros and 2 NHT Sub1P (one as bottom for L,C&R, one on the LFE channel). My 2 channel front end is CAL CL-10 (HDCD). I don't see combining them in the near future, but if I did, I would probably get a CL-25 and set up some kind of a pass thru using my BAT 3i pre, if feasible. So right now, I just want to improve the video quality as the Loewe shows every defect in the source.

Tmartin- I am not really concerned about using this as a CD player. Have you seen the video quality of the Sony 7000 on a good video display? As I mentioned, the progressive scan would be overkill and probably a step down unless I went with an ultra-high end unit.