>My HK receiver forces DD unless I switch to an analog >connection.
Your HK receiver plays whatever the source outputs.
Nearly all DVD audio tracks are encoded with Dolby Digital.
From the digital output, your DVD player can be configured to output these tracks unaltered or down-mix that to 2-channels. The LFE channel is probably misssing from the down-mix.
It will output 44.1Khz PCM from CDs and 48KHz PCM from DVDs with PCM tracks . It will probably down-convert 96KHz PCM DVD tracks to 48KHz. PCM tracks on DVDs are nearly non-existant.
It may have an option to enable DTS on the digital outputs.
From the stereo analog outputs, your DVD player can output down-mixed Dolby Digital and PCM sources.
It may have built-in Dolby Digital and DTS decoders with multi-channel outputs. These probably offer fewer bass management options than your receiver.
