Well, I don't see why the Rio Reciever cannot compliment the home stereo instead of replace it. I'd personally rather not see a year old 3-4 thousand dollar stereo "gather dust"

With those two features, the things would compliment each other, instead of be exclusionary. I'd probably use the Rio Reciever as it was intended in 1-2 rooms and run speakers directly off it.

The first feature would probably be relatively simple (of course, with software, one never knows). The second would probably take some third-party development, assuming one could make the Rio Reciever control a remote computer IR emitter. Unfortunately, I don't know any programming or else I might attempt it.

Regardless, the Rio Reciever looks like one great peice of hardware at a ridiculously low price

-Biscuits