Thanks Brianca..

That must be it. In the written FAQ for the 950 they don't list outs, (mainly "inputs" stats). Whenever I pull up the back pics for the 950 and enlarge (where i can read labels) I am losing the entire right side of the picture (won't load) so I could'nt find them. (That section, in miniature, did not click that it had 8 outs, I thought it was something else)
Since the husband dosent have time to look at stuff now. (keeps saying, "when I see the backs then I'll know) I need to figure out the interconnects shopping list now so that if the 770/950 ship somewhere together, we will be ready to roll on hookups. The old system was a receiver with 5.1 speaker setup so we will be short on connections.
The old Pioneer DVD player I'm running, is DV-C302D. (And I'd rather keep it till firewire & DVD-A/SACD sorts out on mutlifuntionial players)
Am I correct in what I'm trying to absorb that to have the decoding preformed in the 950, I want to order 1 Digital cable for the out from the DVD to the 950 (vs 5.1 analogue out) and that sound wise the Coaxial Digital is preferred by many over the optical?

(Are you guys just born with the electronics handbook included, or is it that I just never cared to look before!)
I do know I can learn though, I'm the only one in this house of males that knows how to program the learning remote. Me & my remote are a package deal!