Today was my first time to really test which signal was better going through the HR 20 system. I had noticed, before recent update, that watching sports on the HD Locals (NBC & ABC only ones available in Raleigh, NC area) that anytime the camera was back and viewing from press box, the picture quality was great, but anytime there was a close up or replay from a closer camer, I noticed fuzzy pictures (pixelated viewing problems). When I went to a buddies house to watch on normal OTA, his picture looked great! So, I waited for the OTA update, and have now been able to test the 2 and see the difference. Today during the Colts game, the D* signal of the local HD for Raleigh was probably the worst I have ever seen. Even now druing the Dallas game, it is bad both close up and far out pictures, but when I switch to 17-1, it is a very, very good picture. The white lines around the field are real fuzzy. It is just a horrible picture. The local ABC is the same way during games. When I switch to local OTA the picture clears up a lot.
When I watch some of the other HD channels that D* provides, I do get some pixelated picture during games on HD Net or 95 HD and ESPN HD and ESPN 2 HD but not nearly as bad as the locals hds. Hockey and B-ball and Football look great on HD Net and 95HD. I can live with this, but not the locals. For the most part, at least not as noticable, movies and shows look fine on all of these stations, even locas, however, there are ocasional break up on ABC and NBC locas HDs, like when watching LOST or HEROES, sometimes green pixels come through but still can hear audio. And currently watching Desparate Housewives, I am getting ocasional green pixels.
This is the same when watching live or recorded games.
The 1st question is, are there any people in the Raleigh area that have noticed this same thing. This would mean this is a D* problem.
My thinking though that maybe it is on my end with my dish not receiving correct signal strength.
I have reset my system and even let it rest for an hour, and it still does the same thing.
Here is what my signal strengths read, and I think they should be higher then this, but I do not know what the norm should be.
When I run System Test
Tuner 1 - Aquired at 73%
Tuner 2 - Aquired at 73%
Off Air1 - 83%
Off Air2 - 84%
The 73% seems low to me, but why are Tuner 1 and 2 so low? When I hooked up the 2nd tuner, I ran a brand new, RG6 cable from Satellite to tuner 2. Yes, I have them hooked through the cable adapter provided by D*
Here are my signal strengths from the setup menu. Some seem kind of low, but I am not sure what the normal is. I know that through my OTA that any signal below 70% then HD contecnt does not come through very good, sometimes not at all with lots of break ups, but when I have a signal well above 70-80% then it comes through in spectacular view.
Sat 101 degree
32 total sats aat 101
Tuner 1 and 2 similar numbers
1-8 87 89 88 70 85 81 88 76
9-16 83 91 88 55 86 83 88 77
17-24 86 54 89 72 84 80 88 83
25-32 85 0 87 96 87 85 88 86
Sat 110
3 at 110
1-8 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 73
9-16 N/A 71 N/A 77 "
Sat 119
11 @ 119
1-8 N/A...
9-16 N/A...
17-23 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 96 98 96
25-32 0 98 98 97 0 97 100 97
Sat 99 (b)
6 @ 99 (b)
1-8 0 53 0 57 0 0 N/A....
N/A 9-32
Sat 103 (a)
6 @ 103 (a)
1-8 0 39 19 0 21 26 N/A N/A
N/A 9-32
When I watch some of the other HD channels that D* provides, I do get some pixelated picture during games on HD Net or 95 HD and ESPN HD and ESPN 2 HD but not nearly as bad as the locals hds. Hockey and B-ball and Football look great on HD Net and 95HD. I can live with this, but not the locals. For the most part, at least not as noticable, movies and shows look fine on all of these stations, even locas, however, there are ocasional break up on ABC and NBC locas HDs, like when watching LOST or HEROES, sometimes green pixels come through but still can hear audio. And currently watching Desparate Housewives, I am getting ocasional green pixels.
This is the same when watching live or recorded games.
The 1st question is, are there any people in the Raleigh area that have noticed this same thing. This would mean this is a D* problem.
My thinking though that maybe it is on my end with my dish not receiving correct signal strength.
I have reset my system and even let it rest for an hour, and it still does the same thing.
Here is what my signal strengths read, and I think they should be higher then this, but I do not know what the norm should be.
When I run System Test
Tuner 1 - Aquired at 73%
Tuner 2 - Aquired at 73%
Off Air1 - 83%
Off Air2 - 84%
The 73% seems low to me, but why are Tuner 1 and 2 so low? When I hooked up the 2nd tuner, I ran a brand new, RG6 cable from Satellite to tuner 2. Yes, I have them hooked through the cable adapter provided by D*
Here are my signal strengths from the setup menu. Some seem kind of low, but I am not sure what the normal is. I know that through my OTA that any signal below 70% then HD contecnt does not come through very good, sometimes not at all with lots of break ups, but when I have a signal well above 70-80% then it comes through in spectacular view.
Sat 101 degree
32 total sats aat 101
Tuner 1 and 2 similar numbers
1-8 87 89 88 70 85 81 88 76
9-16 83 91 88 55 86 83 88 77
17-24 86 54 89 72 84 80 88 83
25-32 85 0 87 96 87 85 88 86
Sat 110
3 at 110
1-8 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 73
9-16 N/A 71 N/A 77 "
Sat 119
11 @ 119
1-8 N/A...
9-16 N/A...
17-23 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 96 98 96
25-32 0 98 98 97 0 97 100 97
Sat 99 (b)
6 @ 99 (b)
1-8 0 53 0 57 0 0 N/A....
N/A 9-32
Sat 103 (a)
6 @ 103 (a)
1-8 0 39 19 0 21 26 N/A N/A
N/A 9-32