I personally think all this is getting a bit off the mark. The DSP cannot handle surround 'on-board', and to make it do things like play DVDs and such is a bit of an ask.

Better functionality would be to have the empeg as a controller or 'head unit' for a series of dumb replay devices such as DVD and games stations. Why couldnt a DVD unit be a half DIN height front loading mechanism that has power, UTP and audio sockets? the decoding could be done by an external box if necessary but the result is far superior to getting the empeg to do EVERYTHING!

{BTW, I'm a fan of not having 'swiss army knife' products. devices that can do heaps of stuff but does nothing particularly well /}

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