Blu-ray player with the following functionality

[Theo Cupier]

Hi there, newbie here. These questions are bound to have been asked a million times before, so sorry in advance.

I've just discovered that I can still return my HD DVD player to Amazon, so find myself potentially with almost £300 I can throw at a Bluray player (hoping to back the right horse, second time out).

Of the various features I had in HD DVD, land I was particularly fond of the analog outputs, meaning that I could let the player decode the HD soundtracks and send it to the amp, bypassing any processing.

I have an elderly surround processor that has neither HDMI nor the ability to process anything more recent than DD5.1 / basic DTS / ProLogic I, so would rather not live in a downmix world.

Does this functionality exist in Bluray-world? If so, on what players (or is it all so different over here in Win-land, that this is all irrelevant)

The other key winning feature for me was component output, as opposed to HDMI, since my panny plasma currently does not have an HDMI blade (although I can buy one if necessary). Again, how does this requirement sit in Bluray world?

Thanks in advance for your patience and help.