Just a pity that it doesn't get 7.1 MMHR (or 7.1 analogue input, which you can get on something 1/20th of the price).
Just what are all these 7.1 films in your collection that sound so bad via Meridian matrixing?
I don't think that's relevant to the point. I don't buy movies on disc. However many there are now, there will be more. This is a newly-launched product, so it would have been reasonable to expect it. Certainly anyone who isn't an M aficionado would simply assume it did it (a mistake which several people have made in relation to the G61/G68), especially with an HD621 that provides 7.1 out. Nevertheless, it's a welcome product for sure.