I found out what the problem is, it's my cable box (Starchoice). I was talking to a friend about this and he sent me this link where lots of people are having the same issue, or similar ones because of the last firmware upgrade.

Starchoice implemented HDCP in the last firmware upgrade which limits what you can record (copyrighted material etc.)and apparently connecting to an AVR. When I spoke to them today and told them my problem they said the only way around it is to connect the satellite receiver directly to the television via component, or I could go DVI /HDMI to my receiver, but it looks like other people are having problems with it hooked up this way also.

I'll try running component directly to my TV tomorrow and see if that makes a difference. This is a huge hassle, and many people are ticked off to say the least.

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