Horrible HD Signal for Over a Month

[exorr]

They recently added HD Local to Albany, NY area and ever since I've had some horrible HD Quality for any HD program going over the normal Dish. I still have my off-air antenna and get excellent quality using it.

The problem is shows skip alot, get all jumpled up. I record shows on the DVR and every show has issues, many of them I even lose 5, 10, 15 minutes of the show due to this.

Now, I can watch local stations over my Off-Air antenna, but now ESPN, NHL Center Ice and other non-local HD stations are crap always skipping. I find myself turning on normal digital channels just to alleviate the frustration (all work fine by the way).

Anyone have any idea what could be going on?

[litzdog911]

Check your signal readings on each transponder on the 99(b), 103(a) and 103(b) satellites. Post back your results here. Might be that your dish's alignment needs tweaking.

[exorr]

Check your signal readings on each transponder on the 99(b), 103(a) and 103(b) satellites. Post back your results here. Might be that your dish's alignment needs tweaking.

The Satellites I have signals for are:

101
110
119
99(s)
103(s)
103(c)

Which ones do you need readings for?

Thanks for the help,
Ethan

[exorr]

Ignore my last post, I googled and figured it out. Here are the signal ratings (same for both tuners):

99 (s)
1-8: 00 97 91 89 68 95 NA NA
9-16: All NA
17-24: All NA
25-32: All NA

103 (s)
1-8: 00 00 00 00 00 00 NA NA
9-16: NA NA NA NA NA NA 89 84
17-24: 87 97 82 85 92 00 95 93
25-32: All NA

103(c)
1-8: 95 77 92 74 91 74 90 79
9-16: 92 79 91 89 91 88 NA NA
17-24: 87 NA NA NA NA 95 NA NA
25-32: All NA

Seems some of them are getting good 90+ others only average in the 70's. Which could be why some of my HD seem to work better than others (less skipping, etc).

Does this tell you anything?

Ethan

[litzdog911]

Actually those signal readings look fine. Let's see if anyone else here can offer some advice.

[K4SMX]

Please post your signals for 110. ESPN is on that satellite, tp 12. Try it with and without the BBC.