sound was fine on voice commenting all weekend which is just as well since i was commenting, but when i logged on just now ( Sunday evening) i got the staccato again. tried changing browser ( from FF to IE) but same result. a few hours ago it was fine and had been so for days and all of a sudden ...weird! when i open the settings box the voice is fine, but watching a match with a settings box open in the middle of the screen and muted colours is not ideal. btw that is so on both browsers. i also tried logging on as visitor, same result. i have changed nothing since i last logged on. as a matter of fact the laptop was not even turned off. so i say no, it is not a slight change on my computer. certainly not!