Why have I not had this problem? I have watched all the above mentioned discs with no issues. I have a 1050 with the center surround off and have had no dropout issues. I did have one very freaky incident: Those of you who have seen the director's cut of the first Star Trek movie will remember Vgers energy weapon that hits the enterprise and whacks out all of their equipment. When this scene happened the first time I watched the movie, when the energy hit the Enterprise my 1050 shut off!!!! It did this three times. Yet, it has never done it since. It was truly freaky to witness. It was as if Vger had turned my 1050 off.