I have seen this problem as well. In my case, it was always when using Adobe's PDF viewer. This seems to hang IE for long periods of time.

We have a PS2, which works great on the SDTV in the kids playroom. The only games I have seen hyped for the PS3 look way too violent for my grade school kids. The Wii has many very family-friendly games which my kids absolutely love... and Wii looks good on the SDTV Then there is the whole isswue of Sony and their corporate ethics. Does anyone remember the root-kit fiasco? How about Sony's involvement with the RIAA? This is the same Sony who gave us Betamax tapes when the world wanted VHS, Memory Sticks when we all wanted USB, and now the whole Blue-Ray scheme. For all these reasons, I will NEVER buy another Sony product.