I have this player as well and discovered yet another HDMI wrinkle. HDMI is backward compatible with DVI but of course DVI doesn't pass the audio. My Pioneer A/V has HDMI in, but if you select HDMI in as a video source it also assumes that's where the audio comes from too! So I can't use HDMI in on the receiver - it ignores the optical or coax audio. So, HDMI to plasma, optical to A/V.

-Brian n8wrl

2xM60ti, 2xM3ti, 2xQS4, VP100, EP350, N2's