It shouldn't be too outdated, the 6.1 receivers have been out for a year or so and there is still just a handful of 6.1 movies much less 7.1. The dvd players with firewire aren't out yet, there isn't even many dvd slash dvd-a or sacd players. If you by smart and sound the components will work for a long time, there is alot of 20yr old macintosh stereo amps out there in smoking home theatres.

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