When you hit display with movie-audio coming in, what does it show as you toggle through the options.

It sounds like you're getting a stereo downmix with stereo set to stereo on input.

I'm not an expert on the DMP-BD55, does it have a DTS-Surround option?

Surround Music Fan/Computer Geek/Curmudgeon in training.
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