Pixalation/Compression Issues

[AkShark]

Hi all, I am new to Dish Network (2 Months) and live in Alaska.
I use Sat 119 on a 4 ft dish, 6000 receiver and 73 inch RPTV.

I am getting alot of pixalating (5-6 times (or more) lasting 3-5 seconds over a 2 hour time period) I have call tech support several times getting the check this, check that routine. (Signal strength is 78-82, solid, no signal loss.)

I have even called my installer 3 times, but he won't return my calls now that he has cashed the check.

I called into Charlie Chat the other night and to my surprise got through to ask about this, but was quickly transfered to yet another tech dude with the same questions and fixes(??)

Curiously, I do not have this problem on Sat 148 (24 inch dish) when watching the HD stuff. (same signal strength) I also never see pixalating on my 301 receiver (20 inch CRT, Sat 119)

I get the feeling that this is a compression issue based upon the other posts in this forum, but why does it only happen on the large TV with the 6000 receiver? (see below)

One of the tech dudes at Dish suggested they see more pixalating the larger the TV gets?? ( Does this make any sense?)


If this is the case and is un-fixable until Echostar 8, 9, 10......ect. launches, I think I may have to return to Cable ( Horror of Horrors) . This issue is very annoying when watching movies as I loose both audio and video, missing key scene's and dialog.

Thanks for any input you may have on this.

:shrug:

[Kevin]

One of the tech dudes at Dish suggested they see more pixalating the larger the TV gets?? ( Does this make any sense?) This is true. The larger your TV is, the larger the picture needs to be blown up and therefore you will see a degraded PQ and pixellation.

[Mike123abc]

Sounds like your dish is losing the lock on the satellite. 119 in AK is a bit low on the horizon. 148 is low also but not nearly as low. Remember it is everything that is between you and the satellite that can block your signal. Maybe get your dish repointed to be sure that it is dead on the sat, and be sure it is not the wind that turns the sat dish a tiny amount in a gust knocking out the sat for a few secs that it takes to reaquire the sat signal. Be sure the bolts are all tight so it is not swaying in the wind at all.