Plasma 42 inch ....

We watch CSI: Miami in HDTV mainly for the panoramic shots. The surround sound is another treat. I watched the Rose Parade in TiVo's first stage fast forward mode. That eliminated the inane chatter; the DirectTV CBS HDTV feed from KTLA was commercial free.

IIRC, KTLA was one of the first two TV stations in LA during the time of the 10" black and white sets "enhanced" with a bubble to make the picture seem larger, and when kids (me included) piled into a neighbor's living room to watch the picture.

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Update: we are keeping the Hitachi and looking forward to TiVo's cable card HD box, which should be released later this year. For now, we will endure the Comcast DVR.

The audio synch problem continues to be an annoyance. Audio is ahead of video. I was able to add 50ms of delay in my Oppo DVD player, so that input is okay, but my AV receiver does not have this feature so I can't adjust the delay from the STB/DVR. And we still have our TiVo in the system, and the delay from it is horrendous.

I use an inexpensive Panasonic digital AV receiver, only run the system with two channels, and use the receiver for audio only (video connections are all direct to the plasma). I think the only solution to the synch problem is to get a receiver with audio delay capability, and it needs to work independently for each input. But I love the sound of this Panasonic and really don't need anything more except for the delay feature. Any suggestions?

The audio synch problem continues to be an annoyance. Audio is ahead of video.

I have recently noticed a sync problem with our cable TV viewing, in particular last night on TNT. We have a Sony CRT and Adelphia cable.

Also, some video is noticeably "swimmy", in which the image lags somewhat as an object or person moves in the frame. I've noticed this primarily on ABC programming.

None of these issues existed prior to Adelphia's recent system upgrades.

So, Drubin, my point is that the sync issue might be originating with your service provider, not with your system. I can guarantee our sync issue has nothing to do with our TV, cable box or wire connections, as there is no sync problem when watching DVDs.

I'm beginning to think there are bugs in the whole paradigm shift to digital broadcasting.

>I'm beginning to think there are bugs in the whole paradigm shift to digital broadcasting.

No question about it.

Yeah, and those bugs are not provider specific. I have been noticing some synch problems on the Comcast HD feed recently.