patruns,
HDMI transfers a digital signal, so adjusting the volume on the cablebox will not reduce the volume the way the previous analog setup would allow. The analog audio may have had an amplifier to adjust the sound - HDMI does not offer that option.
There are picture settings forums on C|Net, and if you're looking to share (or find) settings for your particular television, you might try looking at some of the settings people post.
Luckily, C|Net's own Mr. Katzmaier (who oversees the HDTV Picture Settings Forum) did a review on this set, and posted what he thought were the best settings. You can find that here:
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-19410_102-0.html?messageID=2994847&tag=forums06;search-results#2994847
Keep me posted!
--HDTech
I recently swapped my cable box connection from video component to HDMI. While I see very little improvement in the video, the difference in audio was astounding. Suddenly I had to turn the volume on the TV way down for normal listening. Also, I noticed that the volume control for the cable box does nothing. You can raise and lower it but there is no difference in the sound level. Is this because the audio signal is all digital now and does not vary when raising or lowering the volume control on the cable box? Now that I am connected via HDMI are they any settings on the TV I might want to change to improve quality that would not have made any difference before (or made it worse) with video component connections?
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