Check the STB and verify that it is set to the appropriate output resolution for the HDTV, most TVs will be 720p or 1080i.

ENGADGET: How to make sure you're watching Super Bowl XLII in HD HD

Check the STB and verify that it is set to the appropriate output resolution for the HDTV, most TVs will be 720p or 1080i consult the manual for supported resolutions on each input, some STBs can be configured with the remote like a TiVo, others will have a resolution button on the front of the box.

ENGADGET: How to make sure you are watching the Super Bowl in HD HD

Also thanks to CemexNet, Zambrano can use a laptop or the IBM 770 ThinkPad computer in his office in the ten-story concrete-and-glass Cemex headquarters in downtown Monterrey to check on the daily production, kiln conditions, crushing, bagging and shipping output at any Cemex operation around the world.

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This removes the standard cross-check on a firm's tax return by comparing purchases of inputs with claimed output.

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