Originally Posted By: nickbuol
It decodes every kind of audio, and can spit the audio out 7.1 analog jacks to my Pioneer Elite receiver for my first exposure to HD audio.


Are you sure? The Sony website only mentions it having a DolbyHD built in decoder, while saying it does DTS via bitstream output over HDMI.
I too am in the same boat, not looking to upgrade receivers quite yet, so getting all the HD audio via 7.1 analogue is quite important.