That may boil down to personal preference to at least some degree, I think. FireWire has been a hot topic for some people for so long now that they may strongly want to get their hands on it as soon as possible - which would serve as justification for upgrading DVD player and receiver/processor to get it. For me, the existence of an industry standard digital interface for DVD-Audio and SACD is a long overdue step that I'm glad to see finally happening, but having it available at last on a few products is not enough by itself for me to choose to start a new upgrade cycle. If I were upgrading today, I would include it as an appealing feature, but considering the small number of products implementing it so far I would be hesitant to make it a requirement.

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