I have the following components:

Panasonic TH50pf9uk 1080p
Directv H20 receiver
Xbox 360
HTPC (future)
BluRay Player (future)
Analog Flea

Are there any good reason for me to upgrade to VP50pro? Any input would be great.

I have the following components:

Panasonic TH50pf9uk 1080p
Directv H20 receiver
Xbox 360
HTPC (future)
BluRay Player (future)
Analog Flea

Are there any good reason for me to upgrade to VP50pro? Any input would be great.

Well a VP50Pro could help your video quality on your satellite feed with HD and non-HD sources (excessive compression tends to hurt image quality), beyond that all the other sources will probably output a nice clear picture that a VP can only do a little bit of clean-up on. I would say no, unless you watch lots of SD and have the cash to burn.

-Splints

I do watch a lot of SD :(
How about Crytalio vs. Lumangan? Which is a better unit?

Well without going into too many details...

I compared the two and went with the Lumagen. The Crystalio has some nice things too, some things that sounded good on paper didn't really come out as well as I had hoped from what I saw too. (e.g. media server).

The lumagen has the best scaling so far.
The CMS is awesome if you are into that.
The configurability is great.
I think Lumagen has the best support post release as well as they do active development on their older machines so they keep getting better.

In my comparison (for my needs) the VPs were rated:
#1 RadianceXD
#2 VP50Pro
#3 Crystalio II

I initially was going to purchase Crystalio.

My needs are probably different than yours though.

Good luck!

ditto

Well without going into too many details...

I compared the two and went with the Lumagen. The Crystalio has some nice things too, some things that sounded good on paper didn't really come out as well as I had hoped from what I saw too. (e.g. media server).

The lumagen has the best scaling so far.
The CMS is awesome if you are into that.
The configurability is great.
I think Lumagen has the best support post release as well as they do active development on their older machines so they keep getting better.

In my comparison (for my needs) the VPs were rated:
#1 RadianceXD
#2 VP50Pro
#3 Crystalio II

I initially was going to purchase Crystalio.

My needs are probably different than yours though.

Good luck!
So do you think for my needs the RadianceXD will be fine?

Yes and I think you can probably retire the Flea in the process. I'm pretty sure your can set your H20 to "Native". If you can do that, the Radiance will really help with the SD. It helps less if your satellite receiver does the scaling. (e.g. my Dish VIP 722).

The Radiance is still in beta but you can buy one from AVS. It is easy to apply updates.

What is the timeframe you are looking for purchase?

Yes and I think you can probably retire the Flea in the process. I'm pretty sure your can set your H20 to "Native". If you can do that, the Radiance will really help with the SD. It helps less if your satellite receiver does the scaling. (e.g. my Dish VIP 722).

The Radiance is still in beta but you can buy one from AVS. It is easy to apply updates.

What is the timeframe you are looking for purchase?

Cameron,
have you compared the Lumagen Radiance to a Calibre Vantage HD or HD2?

does the Lumagen have an internal cooling and if it does can you hear it?

thanks