There are so many $99 boxes (and less) with network/wi-fi interfaces that support DLNA and are equipped with HDMI outputs, S/PDIF coax/optical outputs and can playback a bunch of media file formats and offer many streaming services that I don't see it as so much of an issue. Connect the box to the 978 through HDMI and a coax or optical cable and you've just added a bunch of features real cheap.

The companies making these boxes have specialized at designing them and adding new features very quickly as they appear on the market. Having these kinds of features on the 978 would be nice but the R&D effort required to add them, including some kind of OS to control it all, is in no way trivial. This would require an important additional financial investment from Outlaw and IMHO this would surely increase the cost of the 978 much more than $99 considering that Outlaw won't be selling 978s anywhere near the comparatively huge quantities that a Denon or Onkyo does and over many different models at that therefore allowing these manufacturers to reap the benefits of economies of scale that help spread the R&D costs around and ultimately lower the cost per unit. I think Outlaw would probably have to charge at least an additional $300 or so per unit and we'll be waiting a whole lot longer.