7.1 ....who cares?

It's annoying how so much talk is given in specs about 7.1 capable stuff since there is NOTHING currently issued in 7.1 as a source. There are a few hundred released in various formats (DVD, DVD-A, DTS-CD) that do have discrete 6.1, but nothing in 7.1, so to me it really doesn't matter. Will we ever see 7.1? Who knows! However, all I have to say is 2 things: Michael Jackson and The Cow. Anyone know what I am referring to????