Question on Sony BDPS-2000ES Blu-Ray Player

[JimPullan]

Please No guesses, I'm looking for an absolute answer.

Does this player 'decode' Dolby Digital HD, Dolby Digital True HD, dts HD, and dts HD-Master?

Will it pass 'all' the advanced codec's bitstream? or PCM Analog?

I look forward to clarification on this. Please be as detailed as necessary to explain all this. Thanks. [Jim]

[bootman]

According to Sony these are the capabilities.

Audio Features

LPCM : Yes (multi channel decoding); HDMI™ bitstream out: Yes
Dolby® Digital : Decoding: Yes; HDMI™ bitstream out: Yes
Dolby® Digital plus Decoding : Yes; HDMI™ bitstream out: Yes
Dolby® TrueHD Decoding : Yes; HDMI™ bitstream out: Yes
dts® Decoding : Yes;HDMI™ bitstream out: Yes
dts®-HD Decoding : Hi-Resolution Audio: No; HDMI™ bitstream out: Yes
dts®-HD Decoding : Master Audio: No; HDMI™ bitstream out: No
MP3 Playback : Yes (Content must be in DVD+R/+RW/-R/-RW format.)
SA-CD Playback : No

Taken from:
http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/ser...ductId=1004510

If you are seriously considering a player in this price range, the Denon DVD-3800BDCI will do everything you ask.
It's due out in early 08.