This strikes me as the video equivalent of the dilemma I have with hooking up the audio from DVD players right now. I have an outboard Dolby Digital AC3 box and don't need D/A conversion done inside the player. But how do I get a good-quality player w/o 6 unnecessary analog jacks on the back?

My choice is easier because I know my outboard decoder is better than internal ones in DVD players ('though perhaps not as good as in some new, high-end receivers); so, I just bypass all that D/A circuitry with a digital optical output to my AC3 box. But why do I have to pay for stuff I'll never use?