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The signal from the HD cable box seems to be jammed/scrambled/distorted every once in a while when a certain type of commercial or a computer graphic is shown. I’ve checked the component cable and it’s not the problem. The TV is a Philips 4″ plasma and the tv receiver is a Philips FTR 9965.

Video capture question about recording video directly from my HDTV and Xbox 360 in best possible quality whilst they are connected by a HDMI lead.

I’m not interested in a big elaborate home theater system, just some way to improve the crummy sound it now has. Can I just buy better speakers, or do I need an amplifier or receiver or just what? I just want better sound from my TV. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

It sounds like a good deal since I will be getting DIRECTV anyways. Your thoughts? Are there any hidden costs to going this route?

Recently, Cox Communications highered their prices. I currently have a digital cable box that provides HD channels. Ultimately, its becoming very expensive..as we are paying over $100 a month for cable and internet. If i downgrade our cable, and remove the box and go with expanded basic cable..will my HDTV pick up HD channels?

I have a home theater PC and always had it hooked up to my Sony receiver using optical output from the computer. I sold the receiver and am not sure now how to get sound from the computer to the TV. Can I use the spdif plug from the computer and use an adapter with RCA plugs for the TV?

I set up the xbox 360 on my tv and i can see the game menu. But the sound that comes out is a regular tv chanel. How can I change this?

We’re going on an extended vacation soon, and there are some shows that we just don’t want to miss. A lot of shows actually! We’re afraid that the DVR won’t be able to record all of the shows, and so we were thinking of setting up some of the shows to be reocrded by the video recorder instead.
Which means, we will need to set up our HDTV box to our video mechine, then have it feed through to the viewing screen. So far, I haven’t really figured out how to do this, and I’m really hoping to hear from someone who might have tried this themsevles and found out the right way to do this. Any help?

I’m planning on using an apple, but I want to be sure before I buy that it will be capable of this. What other accessories will I need?

I really want to get a TV from Coke Rewards, but I’m wondering how long it takes? I probably will dink about 3 bottles a week. Think that will be enough to get a TV within a few years?