E-Dogg, I am having the same problem with Time Warner and the SA 3100hd cable box and I really don't think it is in the digital cable box. In my business I see techs for TW on a daily basis and they have checked out my signal and I have also switched out the box. Personally, I feel the cable companies just transmit a lousy signal using as little bandwith as possible for each channel. I have very little if no problem with the HBOhd channels and so forth, which use up a lot of the digital bandwith. It's only when watching regular HBO and such that this happens. Starz is 100%(almost) 5.1DD and I notice very few dropouts if any there. So I think it is channel specific with TW. Anyway, I hope this helps, Mark