The sound is equally impressive, and, as of yet, I do not have any HDMI receivers, so I am using 5.1 channel DD and DTS surround sound, which is clear and crisp

i love this player,i bought it from best buy as a display model for 120 bucks and love it....great picture and sound

Although the LG also plays HD DVD, I got it primarily for Blu Ray and DVD.- Very fast to load Blu Ray (much faster than my previous Sony and Samsung Blu Ray players).- Excellent DVD upconversion (leaves the Sony BDP 300 and Samsung 1200 (the ones I owned) in the dust)- Decodes all the HD audio formats (I make the player convert it to DTS and output to my receiver via optical - sounds great)- Nice form factor and excellent build quality

With the optical digital output, the sound is just amazing