MNF in 5.1 DD IMHO: RULEZ!

Caught some pre-season Monday Night Football tonight from ABC’s HD feed. Very sweet. As you know from my earlier post Why I am Not Buying an HDTV Anytime Soon, I don’t own an HDTV. I do like viewing the content downconverted in sweet 16x9 and MNF looked good. But the audio: KICKED BUTTOCKS!!! 5.1 Dolby Digital with a top notch mix job. Madden in the center sounding awesome, the game in front spread across the three speakers, and the crowd coming from left, center, right and split surrounds (some moron was yelling his head off to the rear right of me… it was just like being there, there is one idiot in every crowd). The music was the sweetest: zooming all around the surround field. Front to back to front. Very dynamic mix.