Originally Posted by VirusKiller
The phrases "own goal" and "own worst enemy" spring to mind.
Instead of an "Own Goal", what about the unique feat of an "Own Hat-trick"???? (US readers please forgive us our football (soccer) analogies)

1) Existing Owners willing to be persuaded to Trade-Up are confused by the lack of any official mention of ANY Apodizing in the 861v6, never mind that it might be even better than that in the 808.2i. The lack of a new "OE15" SPDIF by 4 Output Card for up to 7.1 DSP's just adds to the confusion and delays any decisions being made

2) The fact that Meridian are calling the Processor the "861" only pisses off those recent 861 Purchasers who invested in the 13-15 year old 861, thinking that it was going to be upgradeable forever. That was never going to be true. But if Meridian had called it the 961, I think those users would find it much easier to understand that this is a COMPLETELY NEW Processor from the ground up, i.e. not an 861 at all. Hence they might find it easier to come to terms with the okay-ish Trade-Up Price

3) Calling it an 861 allows Meridian's Competitors to point at the V6 and say "Oh that's a 15 year old Product that hasn't been updated to meet the current High Def sources and requirements like HDMI etc. All you have to do is to take a look at their User Forum and you will see a lot of pissed off users" That will stop some prospective Buyers in their tracks!!!

Last edited by Ronnie Hurley; 2010-01-25 11:59.
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