And what is up with movie industry and not moving to 7.1. It has been around for many years, whay are they sticking with 5.1?
Everything else aside, consider that most tv viewers are still adjusting en masse to having a digital only signal and procuring the 'new' larger format, digital (some high definition), wide screen tvs.
Most people i know do not own any sort of stereo let alone a 5.1 surround system and these are career professionals with well paying jobs, families, movie goers, etc.
The industry will be promoting 5.1 for some time i suspect. It is only a rare small percentage that would be in a 7.1 category anytime in the near future i predict.
That being said, with Bluray coming mainstream and solid state storage ramping up fast in decreasing cost per unit, i can only wonder if the concept of discs will be gone in 5 years replaced by movies on USB memory keys or something of the like.
Time to start chopping up those old dvd media carousels into firewood...
