I had the same problem, it happened when we were watching the Olympics on Saturday night, and I was watching in HD, since then it's seemed better but it was REALLY annoying when it was happening.
Tom I had the same problem with the olympics an my regular(not hd) tv. we also have direct tv. the problem is probl;y direct tv's falt!![]()

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