I'm with you jaco and cannot see myself upgrading. Meridian is good but the cost of these upgrades, extra cards etc is a bit over the top.

I'm thankful that there was no room for the extra component switching card in the 861 here as the same, or better , can be obtained at half the price, and with 4 inputs. Downside is a little more cabling but remote control via the Theatree Master 700 is a no brainer.

I've been trying to educate myself a little more re digital video lately with the current switch here in Australia to digital TV. The digital decoders with hard drives open up a new field for time shifting programs of interest - better on HD than on the s-VHS tape we have been using up to now.

Digital imagery is not new to this house as we have had it for years via digital satellite but high definition IS something new.

However I'm frustrated at the moment as the Barco 808s has been down a few weeks due to a high tension supply fault but it is giving me time to research the whole video scene out. And what a mess it is! We have griped for some time re DVD-A & SACD but that is nothing compared to what is going on in the video world, and it looks like getting no better with HD DVD :-(

I've been looking at getting a server configured for DVD recording, but like most things, it has its problems also. Is there anyone else out there with experience in this who like me, is reasonably computer literate, but not confident enough to configure one from the ground up?

John