Yes, travesty—but caused by intense commercial competition and what you could call “hub war”. The new LG CX TV+ wants to be the media hub; the new Denon audio-v

Yes, travesty—but caused by intense commercial competition and what you could call “hub war”. The new LG CX TV+ wants to be the media hub; the new Denon audio-visual receiver wants to be the AVR+ hub for all sources and outputs. Then we have Netflix via the TV or via Apple TV etc. Competitive chaos until a few integrated packages win by securing 2-5 million sales a year minimum. The only players I can imagine pulling this off are Sony and Apple. Do they bring 3D back? Do they force use of their speakers? Time seems right for either to jump.