That's a good point Larry. I guess I assumed that because there was essentially a 100% correlation between availability of a digital audio signal for a channel and a channel being an "extra" that the cable co gives you with digital cable service, that digital audio = digital signal, if you know what I mean.

But it doesn't change that fact that true "digital audio" was only available for some channels but that the #%^$%^# S/PDIF jack output a "no-sound" signal that allowed my receiver to get a lock for all of the other channels, thus severely limiting it's usefulness!

Matt