[anleva]

I have an HR20-700 connected via HDMI to a Pioneer 6010. My HR20-700 is set to Native On and all resolutions supported. Audio is sent to my AVR via opical audio.

I typically see channel changes take between 7-10 seconds between the time I notice the DVR has received the signal to change the channel until I see the picture and hear the audio. The screen goes blank, I will typically hear the audio after 3-4 seconds later and then the picture will appear last after 7-10 seconds.

The time to change channels has gotten progressively worse with each software update since I first got DTV about 9 months ago. I also changed from an HR20-100 to and HR20-700 due to problems I was having with the -100.

Is anyone experiencing these excessively long channel changes? Is this an issue with the DTV DVRs? Any fixes? If I set native off and set at a single resolution it's faster by 1-2 seconds, but I prefer the upscaling capabilities of my Pio versus the HR20.

 

[inazsully]

I have found that unplugging from the outlet always has corrected this problem for me.

 

[K4SMX]

If you use component video cables, you'll avoid the HDMI handshake time and the video quality will most likely be the same. I just switched my Mitsubishi WD-65731 to component for this very reason, and the PQ is identical. Channel changing times went down tremendously. On some TV's the PQ is actually preferred. See the excellent article: HDMI versus Component Video--Which is Better?

 

[Doug Brott]

I have an HR20-700 connected via HDMI to a Pioneer 6010. My HR20-700 is set to Native On and all resolutions supported. Audio is sent to my AVR via opical audio.

Did you actually download the CE release this weekend ..

 

[anleva]

If you use component video cables, you'll avoid the HDMI handshake time and the video quality will most likely be the same. I just switched my Mitsubishi WD-65731 to component for this very reason, and the PQ is identical. Channel changing times went down tremendously. On some TV's the PQ is actually preferred. See the excellent article: HDMI versus Component Video--Which is Better?

Very interesting, I'll give it a try. The long lag time on channel changes is frustrating.

Another question. I'll also be upgrading my AVR soon. If you run component video instead of HDMI would you run it directly to the display or through the AVR (but in pass through mode)? What connection type would you use for audio? I assume HDMI for audio to support the latest audio codecs? Can you run component video to the AVR for video and HDMI to the AVR for audio?

Thanks!

 

[anleva]

Did you actually download the CE release this weekend ..

No I'm not in the CE program. I'm running 0x254 which just downloaded this last week.

The lag time got much worse after the last download. This one hasn't helped the situation.

 

[K4SMX]

.....Another question. I'll also be upgrading my AVR soon. If you run component video instead of HDMI would you run it directly to the display or through the AVR (but in pass through mode)? What connection type would you use for audio? I assume HDMI for audio to support the latest audio codecs? Can you run component video to the AVR for video and HDMI to the AVR for audio?

Thanks!

If your AVR has switching for component video, you can certainly use that, if you're really big on one-remote input switching. Keep in mind that analog video signals are subject to interference from other electrical devices, so they should be of good quality. (HDMI cables, of course, have their own set of problems.) If you don't have good quality component video cables, you can obtain them inexpensively from Blue Jeans Cable or Monoprice. Personally, I prefer as few cables as possible, and don't mind switching the AVR and TV inputs separately.

I'm not sure your AVR could be set up to switch component video and HDMI audio simultaneously. I'm no expert on audio, but I'd think you'd want to use the optical or digital output (as applicable to your DirecTV receiver) and assign the proper, matching audio input to the SAT or TV selector on your AVR in its setup menu.