Hi everyone i am the one that posted about the cracking noise from the Dvr receiver, Well i think by putting it in a entertainment center with a well vented shelve helps a lot. Now it seems to only do the cracking or popping noise on my locals, and not all the time. This morning i plugged it back into my surge protector to see if that works. I see on here that a lot of us are having problems with the local channels. I live near St louis and have had problems with Directv and Dish on the locals. In chicago and florida i didn't have any problems. I don't think it is dish, Wish there was a way i could get locals from another area, that would be nice. My last year with directv it seem the local channels was coming in ok. If anyone can figure it out about the local channel in your area please email or reply, i tried calling the stations but they won't help me out. Well better get some coffee and play a little poker online see you all later. Walt.