[gryphin]

Ok, thanks for responding.
Ok, try to keep in mind that I am going from never having cable/sat and always having a tube tv to satellite and an LCD. While I like to think of myself as somewhat techy I have very little experience with this.

OK, so specifics first:
TV, KDL-40XBR4
DTVDVR Model # HR21-700
Connected to TV digitaly I believe, HDMI is the input.

Ok, so now about how could I have trouble with the dvd connection problems...
With an old tube tv the connection is just that one black wire that screws in. I wasn't around when this Tv was setup either...another thing that makes this much more difficult. I was at work, and a guy I know who installs TV's and my brother did it. My brother is now in another state. Just a note after the installation in worked perfectly. No problems. Perfect picture. No freezing of DVR.

Anyway, when I looked at the DVD player it had a a cord connected to it but to nothing else. It is one of those standard cords with three plugs of different color, this case blue, green, red. So I connected that to the corresponding input ports on the tv. But when I turned on the dvd it was black and white and had no sound. So i got out the guide that shows basic connections to the Tv, and as I understood it I was missing another two-pronged cord, red and white i think.
I looked again at the dvd player an whoever plugged the cord in plugged it into(on the dvd player) to the yellow, white, red ports. So I decided to just try using the blue green red cable plugged into the yellow, white, red, ports and plug it into the tv's yellow, white, red ports on the side. (I do realize this was probably very stupid, I didn't realize how stupid until I just wrote it however.) But my dad was there and I was just trying to get it to work. And it did. From dvd player Y,W,R, port, to TV Y,W,R port with a B,G,R cable. I plugged it into the tv in the same place i had been plugging my ps2. The user-friendly ones on the side. Anyway, stupid or whatever, it worked and after the DVD was over, and I went back to regular sat. tv these problems started.

Also, I don't know if there is anyway for you to know this, but what input setting should the tv be on? With the DTV control you can press input and it cycles through like, 480 strech, 720 pillar box etc...?

I'm sorry, I know I'm ignant on this subject. Thanks for helping me if you decide to/can.

-Nate