Gonk:

Agreed. I just interpreted "long time" as > 5 years. Surely, most people will get into the HD movies by 2012, though HDMI v 1.1 and mch PCM will be fine for HD movies...

Also, it is almost impossible to find the AVM-40. I went to 2 Anthem dealers - both said that they don't stock the AVM-40 - they do AVM-30, AVM-50 and Statement D-2. I agree with their reasoning. For a $1000 more than the AVM-40, you get a fantastic scaler in the AVM-50.

BTW, listened to Anthem combo with Paradigm Studio 60 (latest v.4 - $1,700) speakers - was not impressed at all. Switched to Monitor Audio RS6 ($1,000) - was blown away by the SQ. YMMV.