[stebrock]

I recently noticed a definite degrade in the quality of my picture. Any show with dark backgrounds are very noisy -pixelation/blocking. You can't see the noise in bright scenes but it's there with the effect being a "softer picture". I checked the sigal strength on my HR-34. Three of the 5 satellites were fine with probably a 96 average. These are the number for:
103 (s)- transponders #1-6 = 0, 93, 0, 75, 0, 0 #9 = 16
#17 -24 = 82, 73, 0, 19, 99, 96, 78, 68

99 (s) - transponders #1-6 = 67, 78, 77, 80, 0, 32 #9 =99
#17-24 = 94, 91, 100, 100, 79, 86, 94, 89

Is this a problem? If so what's the fix?
Thanks, Rick

 

[NR4P]

Transponders that end in S are spot beams. Don't worry about them.
Since I see at least one 99 or 100 for each one, you are likely fine.

The ones you really care about are 103ca and 103cb and 99c.

 

[west99999]

The signal strenth has nothing to do with the quality of your picture so its not possible to have a "softer picture" with low signal. The picture would look absolutly the same whether the signal was 60 or 95. You need to look elsewhere for your problem.

 

[litzdog911]

Tell us more about your HDTV ...
Brand/model?
How is the HR34 connected to your HDTV?
Is the HR34's front panel 720p or 1080i light on? Verify using Ch306, HDNet. This has consistently high quality 1080i HD video.

 

[stebrock]

The signal strenth has nothing to do with the quality of your picture so its not possible to have a "softer picture" with low signal. The picture would look absolutly the same whether the signal was 60 or 95. You need to look elsewhere for your problem.

What I meant by "softer" image is that the noise resulted in loss of detail in the lighter images. Where in the dark images you actually see the noise.
My TV is a Sharp LC-80LE844U. I've had it for about a month. The HR34 is connected via HDMI through a Yamaha RX-A2000 receiver. I've already tried connecting directly to the TV with no difference in quality/noise level. I can't see as much noise in the other TV's but I'm comparing 80" vs 55".
Here are a few examples:

#5 is from a HD presentation of Blade Runner. It was unwatchabe.
Rick

 

[ds2992]

bad tv. use your instore warrenty and swap it out before your hosed.