Picture seems to pixelate more on D than it did with E

[darrencp22]

I have a 50" DLP set. It seems that the picture pixelates more now that I have service with D.

I have set the resolution on my HR21 to only show 720p and turned antive to off.

Using HDMI cable. Signal strength is strong.

Any advice?

[rad]

On all channels or just some of them?

Please remember that they still have a number of HD channels on the old sats and MPEG2 (channels 70 ->99, 206, 209, 259, 501, 509, 537 and 543) and you'll probably see more PQ issues on those channels then the others.

[darrencp22]

Nope not mpeg2, mpeg4 channels such as smithsonian, yes, etc.

[charper1]

WOW, I have not heard nor seen any MPEG4 issues.

[rad]

Nope not mpeg2, mpeg4 channels such as smithsonian, yes, etc.

Sorry, I'm not seeing that. Haven't seen anything on Yes since NBA-LP ended but when I did watch no problems with it.

I have native off and output locked to 1080i for my 1080p display.

[Shipsnake]

No issues here in TX.

[darrencp22]

Ok updated... i found an article that suggested moving my contrast down to 80 and my brightness down to 50 on DLPs. They were set at 99 and 75. It suggested sharpness down to 0, but that looks hideous.. I moved it down to 70 from 90. It also suggested turning off "crisp transitions". Seems better but i'll have to watch some more to be sure.

[harshness]

Both Smithsonian and YES are 1080i, aren't they?

There have been sporadic reports of similar issues with MPEG4 channels since late last year. I suspect that it may be a real but isolated issue.

[raoul5788]

Ok updated... i found an article that suggested moving my contrast down to 80 and my brightness down to 50 on DLPs. They were set at 99 and 75. It suggested sharpness down to 0, but that looks hideous.. I moved it down to 70 from 90. It also suggested turning off "crisp transitions". Seems better but i'll have to watch some more to be sure.

Holy crap! You had the contrast set to 99 and the brightness to 75? I have my Mits dlp set to 41 and 37, but the scale is to 63, so that is really 65 and 59.

[charper1]

Yep those values seem very over-blown; Darren have you ever had that display calibrated? What is the make & model of that display; in today's world sharpness is really best OFF or very very close to off.