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No 480i/576i output on G9x/800v4 precludes an external deinterlacing solution (and means I won't upgrade my 598).
No digital output anyway. That's due to the architecture. I'd prefer a digital output myself to be able to compare the Gennum's deinterlacing in the Marantz projector with the Faroudja deinterlacing in the G91.

What about component @ 480/576i?

I don't have a clean pathto do this myself, and I'm quite pleased with the G91 doing the deinterlacing and the Gennum doing the scaling at this point anyway.


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No tuner card for 8xx series is a kick in the teeth for 8xx series owners.
If they build it, and they only sell 5 that's a kick in M's coffers to the bottom line. If it makes good business sense for M to skip the card, I don't have an issue with this at all nor do I consider it a kick in the teeth. This is after all a business, and M does have to make sound business decisions.


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Stereo product with MRC "not even considered" is astonishing, given a pair of DSP speakers and CD player constitute "a complete Meridian stereo system".
See previous response.

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No plans for a G62? The 562V3 only has a 16-bit ADC and looks really nice next to a silver G08. Not.
You had the option for a black G08 at time of purchase. Quite.

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The whole point of the 518 "functionality" question is to allow users to have digital gain control for non-Meridian analogue and digital sources. I don't see that this is possible. Looks like we'll need to keep our 518s.
Then you should have made that clear in the question and you didn't. The 518 is a mastering processor and the only feature that isn't covered in the other products we mentioned is noise shaping. Even gain control is covered in the other products.


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Of course, I'm taking a lot of M's answers with a pinch of salt. It wouldn't surprise me to see a reversal of some of these answers. I'm not going to rely on that happening soon though.
I don't think you will see most of them. The market is tending towards custom install on the big ticket items, which is why you're seeing companies like M focus on this market.

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One final opinion: Enthusiasts keep a brand alive. M needs to document the finer points of what its kit does rather than keep us guessing. Then, maybe we wouldn't be asking all these questions all of the time...
I think some of us have learned that M will tell us what they can, when they can.

Surround Music Fan/Computer Geek/Curmudgeon in training.
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