Meridian 861 v4 or classe 800 for movies??

I think everyone knows everything is opinion and doesnt mean much, maybe sucks was too strong but I think for the Classe to not employ advanced state of the art codecs, correction and video scaling is enough to pass on it. Like I said buy what you want, if somebody owns it thats great but time after time people who like something are going to subjected to those who dont agree.
I think most here are adults and not here for a simple pat on the back so for those who own gear some see issues with I doubt they will be affected by negative opinions.
I also think an extreme statement would require something more brutal than a guy saying he likes the company, owns several of their products but thinks the Processor is a bad deal or "sucks".

Just for the record,It does decode the new codecs. That update was started awhile ago and was even mentioned on the Classe website! It has an EQ adjustment it just doesn't automatically do it for you!In regards to upsampling I can let my BD player do the upsampling for when I watch SD material. I primarily watch Blu Ray so don't miss the "upsampling". Glad you like Classe amps. I'm still debating as to change over to them.

I know it has 5 band parametric EQ but IMO and based on experience a detailed measurement of the room with both a quality mic and correction software (both incuded with Anthem) is critical to hearing all a system is capable of.
If it had room correction, upsampled to full 1080p with any source and had multiple HDMI outputs (it has 4 in) then it would be worthy of its $8000 price tag.