The one thing that sticks out from the visit yesterday was Bob's and therefore the team's slightly dismissive attitutde towards downloads and downloaded material.

I genuinely believe, and i think i am not in the minority, that this is the way forward. there was talk of a 'huge' database of material on CD and DVD and therefore to excel in these formats was the preferred option BUT in my mind that material will also be out there to download in better and better resolution and a lot sooner than the mothership thinks.

Did Des at one point not say that the most asked question from their custom installers was 'how do you plug it into a network?'

I dont believe they have dismissed it (as they have not the HDMI issue) but maybe the wave of change is bigger than they think.

That said, I am a 100% fan of the big M after meeting everyone yesterday and am looking forward to the rest of 2007, there were many hints of new products coming this year.

861v6, G91, DSP8000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000s rears, HTPC, PS3, 2x AppleTV, 4x Airport Express