73Bruin: Well I guess its on me now. I rented T2 Extreme edition last night and all the above problems hit my 1050. First I had the sound dropouts, so I switched to rear center on. But I noticed the DVD was forcing my 1050 to go to dolby surround 6.1 I also ony have 5 speakers so I was losing rear surround information. I must admit I still thought the the movie sounded good but, I wondered what I might be missing. Your point about an increasing problem is a good one. I never stopped to think perhaps all DVD's may go to this type of soundtrack which would leave us all in a bind. My apoligies for being a smart-a--.