I would guess within the last week or so I've been seeing annoying pixelation on scene changes. It was pretty bad last night watching the DNC.
I have OTA as a backup and it has no issues. I also do not have any problems like this on my other channels, just the locals.
I just got off the phone with DTV...that was a waste of time regarding my local stations in Chicago. NBC seems to be horrible lately. Pixelation and Audio "buzzing" are very common. I haven't noticed it much on the other locals, but it seems to be very common on NBC. Any hope of this being cured? I refuse to let DTV come to my house as they will be clueless and it will be a waste of time!
There was a problem last night with the audio on channel 2. The center channel/dialog was frequently muffled while the surrounds were normal, and there was occasional high frequency noise/whining.
Channel 2 CBSHD, same issue with center channel missing on The Big Bang Theory. Two and a Half Men had center channel, but annoying crackling sound half way through program (almost like the gain was turned up too high) that went away in about 10 minutes.
My wife has complained about General Hopital's sound the past few days and today she saved the recording to play for me...It does the Buzzing and Crackling every 30 seconds to a minute. The show is on at 2PM Central and is in 720i with Dolby Digital sound.
I'm going to have to tell her to go watch it in SD.
The sounds is totally out of sync and is breaking up and stuttering though out the show. It also happens on the ads as well so this is some type of transmission issue.
Non stop audio problems from 8 - 8:20. Stopped watching HD channel and switched to SD so not sure how long problem progressed. Echo or Burping of sound.
Non stop audio problems from 8 - 8:20. Stopped watching HD channel and switched to SD so not sure how long problem progressed. Echo or Burping of sound.
Same. Wish we had noticed while it was recording. I'd have checked the OTA signal for similar. (Watching the Bears game, but the wife started watching Desperate Housewives during the half and complained.) No idea if it was just the directv feed, or an issue in general with ABC in Chicago.
We gave up with Desperate Housewives and will download it instead. This continues for about 8 minutes into Brothers and Sisters and then the picture jumped and everything was fixed. So problem was fixed at 9:08 CST.
Same problem with Desperate Housewives -- sound was fine on SD receivers but messed up on HD receivers. We had a similar problem on NBC during the Olympics but that was much less frequent and not nearly as annoying.
For the last few days I've been seeing numerous video break ups and freezes on CBS2 (WBBM) every few minutes. Some are just minor glitches and others are very serious glitches. Also hearing some audio burps every now and then.
But they're still broadcasting their signal from the Hancock Building and not the Sears Tower, right? This is why I can NEVER get their signal via OTA. I can get the other networks but cannot get WBBM-CBS TV Channel 2 via OTA.
But they're still broadcasting their signal from the Hancock Building and not the Sears Tower, right? This is why I can NEVER get their signal via OTA. I can get the other networks but cannot get WBBM-CBS TV Channel 2 via OTA.
Has nothing to do with the building. It has to do with the frequency they are using. They are broadcasting there Digital TV in the VHF range. They will be changing that early next year since they have got approval from the FCC. You should be good then.
Fox32 HD via DirecTv has been awful for about the last week. Numerous picture freezes, breakups and audio burps. Also, some sort of weird flashing on quick scene changes. I also see similar problems via DirecTv HD locals on ABC7 HD from time to time. Thank goodness for OTA reception which shows none of these problems.
Has nothing to do with the building. It has to do with the frequency they are using. They are broadcasting there Digital TV in the VHF range. They will be changing that early next year since they have got approval from the FCC. You should be good then.
Actually, from where they presently beam their signal does have its impact. It's rather tough to aim my OTA antenna just right if all the signals are coming from one location but then WBBM's is coming from another. I'm sure their frequency also plays a part, but location isn't totally irrelevant. I did hear that they were rumored to move their signal to the Sears Tower like the rest of them currently do.
Fox32 HD via DirecTv has been awful for about the last week. Numerous picture freezes, breakups and audio burps. Also, some sort of weird flashing on quick scene changes. I also see similar problems via DirecTv HD locals on ABC7 HD from time to time. Thank goodness for OTA reception which shows none of these problems.
Actually, from where they presently beam their signal does have its impact. It's rather tough to aim my OTA antenna just right if all the signals are coming from one location but then WBBM's is coming from another. I'm sure their frequency also plays a part, but location isn't totally irrelevant. I did hear that they were rumored to move their signal to the Sears Tower like the rest of them currently do.
WBBM is buying WTTW's old transmitter and will be broadcasting from the Sears Tower in Feb on channel 12. Their current digital channel is 3 which is brutal.
25 miles away is the pickup point.
And the Sears Tower and the Hancock are not even .5 mile difference in the "arc" position to point the antenna based on where the pickup point is.
It is just VHF-3 is subject to so much interference.
Well, I'm 32 miles west/southwest of downtown Chicago, which makes it tougher, of course. If their change in February to a different frequency does help, then I can't wait!
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