gonk the reason why I was commenting on 220/240vac was because I am in a country that has that power system, I'm neither in the US or Canada, given that I'm in Australia 220/240 vac is a requirement, the LAN option I put in for integration services, 9.x or 11.x would be nice to have...

the more inputs/outputs the better...

this is why I was saying they need to R&D look at what other Co's are doing aswell to see if they improve on what onkyo, marantz, denon, pionneer, hk and yamaha have done in the past..

the reason I requested more digital inputs because there is more pre-existing gear within my setup that requires these options...

the request within the video dept. was because s-video could be upscaled to 720i/p and component could be upscaled to 1080i/p, with atleast 1 composite connection..

not sure on front hdmi though looking at the current mockup on the rear of the unit it is a 5/2 configuration 6/2 or 7/2 would be a better choice, 4/1, 5/1, 5/2, 6/1 6/2 has been the bog standard for the last several years on the higher end avr's and processors... so 6/2-8/3 (rear) should be an option..

making the chassis a bit bigger also gives the room for expansion in later models, setting up a processor which has more in common with avr/processors of the early to mid 90's seems a bit silly to me, looking a the current layout is very under utilized..