Great news indeed! i wasnt gonna buy one if it didnt have IR, as i also use a harmony, this is now awesome.
My hopes aren't up too high though. Just because they included an IR receiver, doesn't mean they'll use it.
Can any of you testers confirm that you can use an IR remote with the 922?
With my current setup, I control the whole system with the Harmony One, and my wife has DISH IR remotes for each receiver that have, incidentally, volume control of the AV receiver as well. This limited control from her two remotes (one for 622, one for 722) does not un-sync the system from the Harmony.
Ideally, I'd like to keep this control by just swapping my 622 for the 922. At which point, I'd program the Harmony to control the 922, and I'd set her current 622 remote to control the 922 (or I might just give her the 922's remote if IR and RF can be used simultaneously).