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I just got Adelphia cable installed yesterday. Unlike my Voom installer, this guy was late, angry, stupid and arrogant. This new SA 8300 box is going to take a bit of getting used to - it seems to stretch all of the analog channels at the moment
. When I set it to stop stretching it then squeezed all of the HD channels down - what is going on here? The PQ on HD channels looks comparable to Voom but I only got to look at it briefly. Many non-HD channels look horrendous such as the Fox Soccer Channel. I thought it look horrible on Voom but on Adelphia it is actually worse 
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I just got Adelphia cable installed yesterday. Unlike my Voom installer, this guy was late, angry, stupid and arrogant. This new SA 8300 box is going to take a bit of getting used to - it seems to stretch all of the analog channels at the moment
. When I set it to stop stretching it then squeezed all of the HD channels down - what is going on here? The PQ on HD channels looks comparable to Voom but I only got to look at it briefly. Many non-HD channels look horrendous such as the Fox Soccer Channel. I thought it look horrible on Voom but on Adelphia it is actually worse .
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subdude, you probably haven't configured the box to correct TV aspect ratio. Turn off the box, leave the TV set on. Press Guide and Info buttons (on the box itself) simultaneously. You will see initial setup screen. Follow on-screen instructions. You can use your remote at this point. Select "advanced" when prompted. You will be asked to select the aspect ratio and supported resolution modes.subdude212 said:This new SA 8300 box is going to take a bit of getting used to - it seems to stretch all of the analog channels at the moment
Good luck!
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Thanks subdude...I just had my install this morning read here
Not even the installer knew that the DVR functions on the box were working in my area...actually I was told there wasn't a DVR available for my location yet...!!!
I haven't played with it yet...but I don't see any stretch problems. The HD channels are very fine, the basic SD are crappy (like I knew they would be) but the digital cable channels are so far so good!
So you think that the DVI output might be active huh? I'll check tonight, I have to pick up an adapter.
I just realized that the box is a Motorola DCT 6412 not SA8300 and it does have DVI not HDMI...
Here it is Moto DCT6412
BTW...what avatar are you talking about???
subdude212 said:The SA 8300 is an HD receiver / HD DVR. It has an HDMI output which may or may not be active. The genius that installed for me didn't know and didn't carry any HDMI cables (I will need an HDMI to DVI cable to use this output). So it is currently hooked up via component. From browsing other forums it sounds like most if not all of the outputs are active at the same time but I haven't messed with mine yet to actually prove this out yet.
There are several forums active with people who have added extra hard drives via the SATA2 connector which is live if the software is SARA and not Passport. I haven't verified which software I've got yet. A SATA 2 cable is also a key requirement.
The two firewire jacks have not been reported to live for anyone yet.
So far I haven't figured out this stretching crap and its pissing me off. Otherwise I find the PQ to be decent although in need of adjustment for color and brightness. On my set everything had a red push and a tad too bright.
BTW, that is simply the most disturbing avatar I've ever seen
Thanks subdude...I just had my install this morning read here
Not even the installer knew that the DVR functions on the box were working in my area...actually I was told there wasn't a DVR available for my location yet...!!!
I haven't played with it yet...but I don't see any stretch problems. The HD channels are very fine, the basic SD are crappy (like I knew they would be) but the digital cable channels are so far so good!
So you think that the DVI output might be active huh? I'll check tonight, I have to pick up an adapter.
I just realized that the box is a Motorola DCT 6412 not SA8300 and it does have DVI not HDMI...
Here it is Moto DCT6412
BTW...what avatar are you talking about???
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Currently there is precursory lava flowing into the crater, leading to the next episode that'll probably start within the next day.
You can see the pace of inflation / deflation here. It serves as the primary predictor for when the expect the eruptions, which coincide w/ inflation turning into significant deflation and last for several hours on average with significant fountaining.
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Wife and I like the AfarTV feeds, for the discussion along w/ them, though they're otherwise just mirrors of the official USGS feeds.
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I have Dish with Hopper3. I choose to get local channels OTA and had a "guide list" established at my previous home. Having moved a few miles away, I wanted to update the list by appending a couple new stations via a rescan. As many would know, some stations come in with the UHF/VHF antenna aimed in one direction, while others come in better with a different direction.
Unfortunately, when a scan is done (bringing in 25-30 stations for that particular antenna aim), the dialog screen does not present the established guide list; it presents an empty field to the right that the scanned stations may be selected one by one and added to the empty guide. But because of antenna aim, some stations originally saved are missing, and would have to be retrieved with a different antenna aim. But as I explain, if a 2nd scan is done with a different antenna aim, the stations saved from the first scan are lost.
It troubles me that Dish didn't develop software that would allow a user to simply append only 1 or 2 channels to the established list.
Any thought on this? Has anyone experienced this or heard of this from others?
Unfortunately, when a scan is done (bringing in 25-30 stations for that particular antenna aim), the dialog screen does not present the established guide list; it presents an empty field to the right that the scanned stations may be selected one by one and added to the empty guide. But because of antenna aim, some stations originally saved are missing, and would have to be retrieved with a different antenna aim. But as I explain, if a 2nd scan is done with a different antenna aim, the stations saved from the first scan are lost.
It troubles me that Dish didn't develop software that would allow a user to simply append only 1 or 2 channels to the established list.
Any thought on this? Has anyone experienced this or heard of this from others?
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