And let's remember there were these 1000 USD Denon Pro AVPs that also did analog video processing (composite, component, s-video), and some of them even did upscaling/converting to HDMI. I still think that big audio companies are just lazy, and without competition. Similar to Google today. New Denons are even worse in measurements, so they really optimize on one size fits all and spend all their time reducing their costs, while raising costs for customers.
Here's a comparison of the Cinema 50 vs the 8002:
SR8002
Rear
6 Component (18 inputs)
7 S-video (7 inputs)
7 Composite Video (7 inputs)
2 Extra Optical (2 inputs)
2 Extra Coax (2 inputs)
6 Extra Audio Inputs (12 inputs)
2 Unswitched Plugs (2 inputs)
1 Extra DC Out (1 input)
2 Extra Remote Control (2 inputs)
7.1 Individual Inputs (8 inputs)
That's a total of 61 more inputs on the rear.
Front
Optical, S-Video, Composite, Audio (5)
Total: 66 extra
Cinema 50
Rear
Ethernet Port (1)
Antennas (2)
Extra Subs Pre-outs (3)
Extra channel Pre-outs (5)
HDMI (3)
Front
USB (1)
Total: 15 extra
A total of 51 more inputs on 8002. It's a substantial number.
If we look at the Cinema 60, it has 19 fewer inputs than the Cinema 50 and nothing's gold plated so a total of 70 fewer inputs than the 8002.