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Jolliec
04-19-07, 03:00 PM
Does anyone know what is up with the DC HD Locals? Last night FOX, and a couple of the other HD Locals were pixelating, breaking up, sound crackling, green distortion crap (don't know what else to call it), etc so bad it was almost unwatchable.
I have asked two co-workers who also recorded and/or watched Amer Idol (FOX) and Lost, also the HD news on channel 4 last night and they experienced the same issues.

The weather was not bad last night. I thought the wind earlier this week may have moved my dish. I checked signals strengths and they were fine.

Is this a D* issue or the broadcasters? If it is the broadcasters, why are multiple HD stations having issues?
wmschultz
04-19-07, 03:44 PM
You would be better off checking avsforum.com and look for your local thread.
bdowell
04-19-07, 07:35 PM
I had the same problems here, which seemed to continue into the morning hours. Not sure why, but definitely something whack on the DirecTV MPEG4 DC Locals (not there on over-the-air).
HDTVsportsfan
04-19-07, 08:28 PM
yeah....Lost was crackling pretty bad last night...had to switch over to the basic cable feed.
jasonblair
04-20-07, 07:10 AM
I recorded Lost on Wednesday (since they moved it to 10, I can't watch it since I have to get up at 5AM.) I watched it last night, and it was ALMOST unwatchable. Complete breakup of the picture ever 10 to 15 seconds. Popping sounds every second starting about midway through.

I thought my dish might have become misaligned. Nice to know other people are also experience it. I definitely noticed it the most on ABC. Slight audio pops on Fox. Haven't noticed it on NBC or CBS yet.
jasonblair
04-20-07, 07:11 AM
You would be better off checking avsforum.com and look for your local thread.All that forum talks about is the state of Fios availability in Montgomery County anymore. The DirecTV guys have pretty much been shut out of there.
lucky13
04-20-07, 08:35 AM
Reported here. Discussion weaves in and out of the following posts.

http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?p=916327#post916327
speedcouch
04-20-07, 10:06 AM
yeah....Lost was crackling pretty bad last night...had to switch over to the basic cable feed.

We watched Lost on channel 2 out of Baltimore (over the air) and had the same crackling sound. I'm assuming it was present in the film recording.

Cheryl
LlamaLarry
04-21-07, 06:07 PM
We watched Lost on channel 2 out of Baltimore (over the air) and had the same crackling sound. I'm assuming it was present in the film recording.I also had terrible popping sounds on Lost on OTA HD ABC out of DC.