Sox try going to a video site and start the video. Then hit the pause button to stop the play but not the download, this way a buffer can be created. With dialup the download is simply too slow for instant play. If the video is quite large simply open another window and do something else on the computer while the download completes. Computer help forums are great places to avoid $260 bills but get a computer back to normal and questions answered in many instances.

I work as a an electrician/teledata installer and can offer a few tips. Consider a central location to route all your cables in the entire house and use a residental media hub like the one Leviton sells it allows you to add various components based on your needs . Buy having all your cables and components in one location it allows for a convenient place to do all your switching, cross-connects and networking in one place, plus the ability to adjust for future technologies. You could add multiplexers for security, convert a future fiber optic internet connection into an Ethernet swich that coverts signal for distribution devices as needed and many others options. Cat 5e/6 cables offer a lot of flexibility, baluns are the peices that can be soldered or terminated on the ends of an cat5e/6 cable allowing it to adapt to hdmi and a wide array of other connection types. Other users who offered the advice on raceways are correct smerf tube is a good way to go be sure to get a pull string or something similar (I use 16 awg thhn electrical wire) installed before closing the walls. Best of luck. Here's link to leviton home media cabinets. Here is a link that might be useful: Inside Leviton Structured Media Enclosures

Yes coralred, I use WMP, I can open the temp with WMP and there is one video on it but not the ones I downloaded Saturday, there is no trace of them in my computer, there was after I downloaded them because I took a look, I stopped several from fully downloading because of my low broadband data coming towards the end of my monthly period but now all I successfully downloaded are gone as well. I searched WMP files , but nothing in library at all, only the one I mentioned. I am totally confused and did not think it possible that they are not somewhere in my computer, I have searched everything but cannot find a trace....so very strange this!

@ace_tx From what I've read a lot of people are suggesting what you said, so I'm thinking that would be a good idea.... can you just help me understand it a bit more? Would I run all four of those wires to where the tv would be in the room? or only 1 rg6 quad coax and 1 6pr cat5e/6 lines to where the tv and they other 2 would be at a different location in the room? (Then of course all those wires would run to the central location, right, and plug into what?, I'm not sure - guess I can figure that out later) Are there any other cables I should have behind my TV in the main viewing area (assuming my dvd player and stuff are in a separate cabinet)? THANKS!