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Watching Heroes and NBC Nightly News last night, recorded off of the NBC HD channel (I'm in the LA area, don't know whether this is MPEG2 or MPEG4 or if it even makes a difference), and during both there was a blue screen for some portion of the recording. Is this a known issue?

(Kind of wish there was an omnibus, FAQ-like list of known issues. I know there's a thread on the new release but it's difficult to wade through the 26 and counting pages of posts.)
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I have seen this blue screen occur frequently with the NBC HD channel in LA. It drives my wife nuts during Access Hollywood. It's usually only a few seconds.

I had thought that it might be a buffer issue, as in the buffer is full and it's busy dumping it, but at this point I've only seen it on KNBC and I saw it last night with a largely empty buffer.

I really suspect the problem is at the station's end, possibly their encoding equipment or rebroadcasting equipment is flaking out.

If you have (1) time, (2) patience, (3) the support of your partner and (4) a TV with PIP you can put the live (OTA) feed of KNBC in one window and the D* feed in the other window. I did this a couple of weeks ago when KCBS was acting up and proved it wasn't D*'s fault. Unfortunately while I have numbers 2,3, and 4 it's hard to find the time.

I do agree with you on the known issues idea. The release notes for this version are excellent (Kudos Earl) but it would be nice to have something concise. Unfortunately it's a moving target. By the time we all compiled such a list, the next update would be out.
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The Big Bad said:
Watching Heroes and NBC Nightly News last night, recorded off of the NBC HD channel (I'm in the LA area, don't know whether this is MPEG2 or MPEG4 or if it even makes a difference), and during both there was a blue screen for some portion of the recording. Is this a known issue?

(Kind of wish there was an omnibus, FAQ-like list of known issues. I know there's a thread on the new release but it's difficult to wade through the 26 and counting pages of posts.)
I also had the blue screen happen real quick during Heroes last night. Happened two times both right after another during the scene where the flying guy and the professor were in the subway chatting. I live in Dallas area so I was getting mpg4 NBC5 in Dallas.
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