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There will be no profile changes for Blu-ray, and you will find hdmi 1.4 unnecessary for most components selling today. Hdmi 1.4 is a forward thinking upgrade to 1.3a. Most of these upgrades are completely unnecessary for todays displays and players, as they cannot do half the things the new standard incorporates.

In terms of Blu-ray profiles, the only one that has not been implemented is the audio only profile 3.0. Since manufacturers are already installing 3.0 profile components in their high end Blu-ray players(better DAC, and the ability to shut off analog video circuits during audio only playback, and the support AVCHD without video for the audio) that profile has pretty much become absolete. High quality music only support can be acheive without this profile.

As far as HDMI 1.4, pretty soon all components will have it whether we desire it or not. As 4K video, 3D video, and two way communicating devices come online, it is only then this incarnation of HDMI becomes necessary. 4K will probably be the next big thing, perhaps 3D after that. Each still has a way to go in terms of making the cut in a viable consumer product. 4K requires very large screens(past the 100" which is the largest 1080p can support without blowing up digital artifacts not normally seen), probably 150" and above to see all the detail, and there is still no way to deliver that much video information to the screen.

Since I do not care for a manfacturers "sound", the MacIntosh equipment is not desireable for me. Having auditioned the XRT2K, I found its sound not compatible with a speaker that costs as much as a down payment on a house. I have heard better in their price range, and for less.

So as long as the blu-ray format is the latest and greatest, no one will feel "burned" buying any of the recent blu-ray player?

Never heard of 4K. For that format, the room size could also be a limiting factor. I don't know many that can accommodate a 150" screen size without speakers getting in the way.