Just take a look at the back panel. They needed the height to get all those connectors in place. In fact I wish there was a little more room back there. Once you get 4 or 5 digital sources plus 3 DVI cables, all the XLR cables to the amp and then add in the analog cables and you are pretty tight back there. I am running a 5.1 surround system and I have nearly 30 cables connected to the back of my system! All in all I think they did a pretty good job of using the available real estate.

My biggest wish would be for them to give more room around the 7.1 analog inputs. When you are using decent RC cables such as the Outlaw Cables the connectors are nearly touching each other, which makes it very difficult to make all those connections. Especially when you have hands like "The Thing" from Fantastic Four!