I own the Apple Thunderbolt Display. I also am keeping an eye on Macworld to see if a company like Synology offers a version of their NAS 1511+ with Thunderbolt in addition to USB and eSATA. So, I know the usefulness of Thunderbolt as an interface for data transfer. However, I haven't seen any mention in the industry of Thunderbolt being used in lieu of HDMI for audio or video transmission. Note here that I'm talking about home theater video and audio playback and not simply the movement of data. Yes, I know it's all just movement of bits but since the consumer AV industry moves much slower than the PC industry and already has its share of standards adoption issues, I have to wonder why they would jump to Thunderbolt anytime soon. Even for Meridian with their digital transmission of data from component to component, would Thunderbolt be that much better than SpeakerLink? Alternatively, does it do consumers better than ethernet connections from something like a Sooloos component to the 861 with an ID40 card? In other words, I'm not sure I see what Thunderbolt as a transmission interface would really add to the equation without encountering additional serious limitations.

I'm not trying to be argumentative, I'm just not sure I see real ROI given the practical issues at play .

Jeff

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