[Piman]

Thanks for the help so far.

So, are you saying that on most Blu-ray players, I can select what type of sound is output through the optical connection? I can select e.g. DD? And it will automatically convert whatever is on the disc to DD?

I've started reading through some of the model-specific threads and it sounds a lot more complicated than DVD. I've no doubt I'll get it but I don't want to get it 5 minutes after I've read the manual, realising that I've bought the wrong machine.