well, i messed around a little with it today some more. It's connected with component cables. When i put the dvd player on prog. it doesn't make the "PROGRESSIVE" box appear like i was remembering, i guess i just made that up... However, it does do the split screen thingy like i mentioned & that's actually worse than i remembered. It's much like when you're getting a VERY weak over the air signal that is all slanted diagonally and blurry so that you can barely even tell whats on screen. & it travels slowly from left to right across the screen. It gets worse and worse the longer you leave it like that. I'm baffled b/c from everything i've read, it's setup & connected properly, & my tv should be capable, but it's not working. I've poured over my tv menu settings/options and can find nothing that would have any effect on this. I guess it's time to use that warranty/service package that Circuit City sold me... (they actually gave me a coupon which negated the price, normally i don't buy the additional service plans) I've got a couple of other questions for them too anyways....