Well, high-end has never given you a good value for money, whether it's Meridian or other like ML, EAD, Krell etc. You pay a lot for prestige and that little "extra." I have to say Meridian does sound very good and are not inferior to other high-end brands, the problem is that mainstream is catching up at a much lower price-point. For the price of the Meridian 800 I would expect a full blown Terranex (Silicon Optix, Realta chip) scaler with custom resolutions all the way up to true 1080p. Basically all the features and goodies of the Dragonfly scaler and then some. I would also like to see better software and a better DVD drive; a $10 drive just doesn't "do it" for me!
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