Does anyone have any recent gossip from Meridian about their next scaler implementation?

I am getting the itch to buy one of the new 1080-deinterlacing scalers (Vantage or Crystalio), but would obviously prefer to see what M might do for the 800.

Plus ... and I know this has been debated previously ... it is really not clear to me how a single digital HDMI feed that has BOTH audio and video can be handled by two separate boxes?

Simon

My Kit: 861v8+ID41, 800v4, UHD722, MD600, MS600, MS200, Oppo BDP-203, Genesis 201, Genesis 350 SE, Genesis S4-8 Sub, BG 520i, VTL MB450 II, Krell Showcase 7, Genesis 928 Subs, Danley DTS10 sub, SVS Ultra 16 subs.