yes bigjohn, i took care of most of my problems this weekend, thanks a lot for the help...(im still tinkering with a few things so i might be hitting you up with a few more ?'s) when i put the bruce almighty dvd in i do not have the dts es discrete surround option, just matrix. this is the only dts dvd i have tried so i figured it just wasn't encoded for it. i saw the dts on the back and thought that meant i could listen to it in dts discrete 6.1, but i guess not. anybody know some good dts dvd's i can get that has the discrete 6.1 in it??? also, where's the best place to get dts dvd's, best selection, etc.?