HDMI for video and Optical Out for sound?

[takezo]

Hmm. I don't need uncompressed audio. The standard Dolby 5.1 will be fine.

My El-cheapo HT system does not even support DTS. Not that it would matter. I just watched Ultra Violet (on DVD), and the sound was incredible. The movie it's self may not appeal to every one, i did not expect much from a highly over the top movie like UV. So i was prepared for it to be on the cheazy side.

It was the Blu-Ray demo, I saw running at Comp USA that made me want to rent it. After watching it, i don't think that I will need to add it my DVD collecton or future Blu-ray collection, unless it's really cheap.

I was just conserned that the optical out would be disabled when using HDMI, but i thught about it, and realized that old HT systems may not support 6 channel analog inputs or decode PCM. Thus Backwards compatibilty would make HDMI +optical a nessary solution.

now that i know it's posible with standalone players, the question is, will it be possible on PS3, my ideal Blu-Ray player? That is probably an answer only time can tell.