I have to agree as well.

Given that High-End DVD's are competeing with Joe Six Pack Blu-Ray's/HD-DVD (PS3 and XA2).

And many of us know their DSP speakers are awesome but it's also a hard sell especially to there bread and butter professional installers. Which is the reason for the new Analog Hybrid systems, which may take some time to build a reputation on for installers.

You would think they would not also risk 861/G68 series even if they did have to replace cards in year. It must be some political or technical issue that is out of their control (e.g. MHR or something).

I can certainly see them not announcing a new Speaker as it could hurt sales of current speakers. But a plan to support/upgrade to HDMI would HELP 861/G68 sales rather than no plan which could only hurt.

- Fiddler (IMHO)

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