Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion Meridian - Systems Is the 861 a dead end?

Thanks guys for the info and thoughts. Re processing power, that sure does sound like a lot of channels today, but lets face it, even with their first BD player, Oppo gave the option to decode the high res soundtracks to PCM for at least 5.1 and maybe even 7.1. The processing was available back then. I would imagine at some point the processing for all those channels would be possible. And then I guess the newer HDMI spec would have the bandwidth to take it... The HD621 really is the gatekeeper for us so if indeed they do an updated version, then I would hope it can do all we want and more. Thats the key to keeping the 861, and even its replacement if such a thing exists, relevant.