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I'm not even a week into using the HR20, and the only real issue I've had with it thus far is an audio sync problem. I have a 60" Sony TV connected via HDMI and my optical audio cable goes into my Sony stereo receiver. Call that "setup A." Then I tried using component cables - setup B. Finally, under setup C, I connected the digital optical audio out on the TV to the stereo receiver (and unplugged it from the HR20).
Under every setup, the audio is late. I see a gun fire, then hear the noise. Or I watch someone start talking and the audio comes about 1/5 of a second later. Though it's not as annoying as the audio being early would be, it's still annoying.
The audio is synchronized properly on SD programming (non-DD 5.1). It's synchronized on DD5.1/THX DVDs (also using optical audio cables, or via HDMI under all the permutations set up for the TV above).
This happens on both live TV and played-back programs.
I've heard of the audio being early because some TVs take a little while to process the signals, but this is the opposite: late audio.
My initial thought was that perhaps my receiver (a Sony SDR-DE945) was old and was having trouble processing the audio signals quickly, but that's silly - it's always worked fine with DVD players, my PS2, my old DirecTV/TiVo receiver/recorder (albeit on SD channels), and other optical audio sources timed to a picture.
This problem occurs both on my local channels as well as ESPN, Discovery, and some of the other channels, though it seems a little worse on my locals.
Under every setup, the audio is late. I see a gun fire, then hear the noise. Or I watch someone start talking and the audio comes about 1/5 of a second later. Though it's not as annoying as the audio being early would be, it's still annoying.
The audio is synchronized properly on SD programming (non-DD 5.1). It's synchronized on DD5.1/THX DVDs (also using optical audio cables, or via HDMI under all the permutations set up for the TV above).
This happens on both live TV and played-back programs.
I've heard of the audio being early because some TVs take a little while to process the signals, but this is the opposite: late audio.
My initial thought was that perhaps my receiver (a Sony SDR-DE945) was old and was having trouble processing the audio signals quickly, but that's silly - it's always worked fine with DVD players, my PS2, my old DirecTV/TiVo receiver/recorder (albeit on SD channels), and other optical audio sources timed to a picture.
This problem occurs both on my local channels as well as ESPN, Discovery, and some of the other channels, though it seems a little worse on my locals.
