Potatohead, you're certainly right, very few titles are 7.1, but that isn't to say you wouldn't appreciate a 7.1 system more then 5.1 just because you aren't getting discreet sound to all speakers. Depending on the size of your room, adding the two more channels will just fill out your sound stage so to speak and give you a more encompassing experience, I'd still consider it if it is in the budget. We recently did my fathers basement theatre over and started with 5.1, but with the size of the room, things just sounded a little empty in the sides and rear, adding two more speakers just really filled the space up better.
