Quote Originally Posted by GaToy
For someone that types so much you haven't said anything. I don't care if you agree with me or not. I feel you need to step back and take a look at yourself. If you have an opinion I don't agree with good. I like to see it. It helps with diversity. But I think your taking this too personally and it's quit pathetic. Why get this worked up? Are you trying to impress someone? As for me, I have never bought something because it just came out. Almost everything in my theater has been discontinued. And whats with th 5.1? Aren't you wanting to step up to 6.1 or what I have 7.1? I don't know why you are taking this personally but I have nothing against you. Lets keep it that way. Now I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving.

~Chris~
And for someone who's trying to depersonalize the discussion, you're injecting an awful lot of inneuendo and assumptions into the discussion without really addressing any of the points that I brought up. I never take discussions on this or any other forum personally, and if you think I am, you're reading way too far into my comments and coming up with visions that don't mesh with reality.

But, taking it back to what you brought up in the first place, you're the one who was accusing the industry of "raping" its customers by charging more for HD services. And I'm just bringing your initial comments back to reality.

Even though addressing this point this is veering off on a tangent, I have a 5.1 system because that's what I started building two years ago, and I do not plan to upgrade that in the near future. 6.1 and "7.1" are meaningless to me because my room does not have enough space behind the listening position to properly accommodate the sixth and/or seventh speaker. (And in my listenings, a properly setup 5.1 system will always outperform an improperly setup 6.1 or "7.1" system) Plus, only about 100 out of the nearly 30,000 DVD titles on the market have any kind of EX or ES encoding, and the formats have been available for home use for nearly three years. You get at least that many 5.1 titles getting released every month. So, for me the 6.1/"7.1" upgrade would be a lot of investment for minimal benefit. If someone is building a system from the ground up right now, they would get the 6.1/"7.1" capability whether they can make use of it or not.

Nothing personal with you either, so happy holidays.