Digital sound, then not...smooth, then skips...

[copjosh1977]

I have a couple of issues that have me really hacked. I bought a used Samsung BD-P1000. Updated to the latest firmware (1.6). Now I get no DD or DTS on my reciever. Everything is hooked up correctly w/ digital cable (didn't matter if I used digital coax or optical). I have no problems w/ my HD-DVD player...why so much with Blu-ray? Also, it gets really warm. Having problems with movies skipping at random points during play. But if it's been on a while, it will usually skip pretty early on in the movie. My wife's pissed, and I don't know what to tell her.

Incidentally, I have a Pioneer VSX-816 in 7.1 audio...no HDMI, TrueHD, or DTS HD...just DTS, DTS Neo, DTS Discreet, DD, and DD EX. It's a couple of years old. But I should at least be getting the older audio formats coming thru. This BD player seems pretty flaky.

Also, I have a 1080p 46" Samsung LCD that I got at BB.

LATEST NEWSFLASH: Got the DD and DTS working by changing to bitstream instead of PCM. Still have playing issues though.

Thanks in advance for any help.