Still waiting for a reply. I see that other people are now reporting HDMI audio issues too.
Hopefully this issue can be resolved quickly before negative press spreads to other web sites like Consumer Reports, Amazon, Crutchfield, Reddit, Digg, and others.
I recently purchased (Sep. 200
the LN46A650. I have my Cox Cable digital Motorola (3416) DVR box connected to my TV via HDMI. I am experiencing intermittent drops in audio.
- The drops are happening on both Hi-def and standard cable channels.
- I have connected to different HDMI ports.
- I have switched HDMI cables from different manufactures.
- I plugged into HDMI 2 and then ran L&R audio cables in conjunction with the HDMI.
- I tried to upgrade my firmware, but my TV firmware (2003.0) was newer than the one (2001.3) I downloaded from the Samsung site, so i left it alone.
- I am going blind trying to decipher all the conflicting information that Google searches have turned up, and none of them have been official positions from Samsung.
I really like this TV, but these audio drops are driving me crazy.

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