Good TV, but where's the sound?

I actually watch PBS. I don't really know a lot of folks who do, but it's a nice option to have in the face of shows such as "American Idol," "Survivor" and "American Gladiator," network TV's vision of primetime viewing.

An example of how good PBS can be is "The War," the recent documentary series by Ken Burns focusing on World War II. He's the guy who got famous after putting together the Civil War documentary as well.

PBS started airing another documentary Sunday night, "Carrier." It's about the USS Nimitz as it heads toward the Persian Gulf and the war. I DVR'd part one on UNC HD, but the voicetrack was missing for the first 40 minutes. Was it the TV, the recording, the cable, UNC HD, PBS? I'll never know what went wrong, but it's going to be tough to get into a 10-hour documentary after missing almost the first hour. We'll see.