Michael Reuben

Which is another way of saying there's no "7.1" channel format for the home. The notation "x.y" refers to discrete channels only, despite the increasing misuse by hardware manufacturers who like to call their equipment "7.1" when all they've done is add more outputs.

As Adam said, the current home formats are limited to 6.1. The lion's share of software for the home market is either 5.1 or 2.0. I don't see that changing anytime soon.

M.

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