<font color='#000000'>Rob,
Thanks for the clarfication, to be clear I have a friend that has just bought top of the line panasonic wide screen, with high def. and progressive scan. He also bought a dvd player and I was suggesting that he buy a dvd player with 5.1 so he could link into his 3802.
Unfortunately his budget just couldn't stretch to a denon, so he's bought a sony with progressive scan but no 5.1 out.
My question was if he only has front left and right speakers (ie no surround) will he miss out on a lot of quality with only the left right audio out.
Your response is he won't miss out on anything if he connects via digital out to amp digital in.
Does this mean that he can still get true surround/ dts (if he had the speakers?</font>