I don't think it means we'll never see an Outlaw product with Cirrus DSP. There's still an opportunity for a 970 successor (especially with a projected $1400 price tag for the 990's successor), and something like that may work well with the 49700.

What does using TI versus Cirrus mean for the consumer? Either can do the necessary decoding for HDMI v1.3 platform. There's some mention of a "revolutionary new technology" that remains rather undefined, and that certainly could benefit from the dual TI chips (such as something that the 49700 by itself couldn't support due to processor resources) - which would be a benefit to consumers who had use for that new technology (whatever it may be). I think the real issue here is what Outlaw saw as the most expedient method of getting hardware developed and ready for the market, and the delays in arrival of the 49700 (which are now on the order of a year or more) must have at some point - probably some point several months ago - reached a tipping point that pushed them in a different direction. From that standpoint, what it means to the consumer more than anything else is that there will be an Outlaw HDMI v1.3 processor available for purchase sooner.