I have my 811 connected with component cables to my toshiba rear projection TV. The picture looks 10 times better with SD than it did with my old 301 receiver. Not as much pixelation and the picture is actually brighter.
811 Software Updated to 262
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oldman said:
How do you like your Samsung DLP HDTV? I have the same 50" TV coming on Wednesday.
Ron
928gt said:
Your post had me worried. Just got home and checked this and fortunately, I'm not finding any problems. On both my plasma and a widescreen 22" Mits LCD HD set, the stretch completely fills the screen. There is only minimal overscan on both sets. I'm not sure why your set isn't filling the screen.
I haven't seen anyone mention how fast the 811 changes aspect modes. No picture loss during the change. The 6000 was agony in comparison. Took a few seconds to change the aspect mode and picture and sound were lost during the change. A major improvement over the 6000.
After the software update the picture fills the screen for SD channels, but I've noticed that the picture quality of SD is considerably worse through the DVI connection than it is through the s-video. So for now I'll probably continue to swap back and forth using DVI for HD only and s-video for SD. Is anyone else experiencing this?
It only doesn't fill the screenwhen using the DVI connection and ONLY with SD, all HD fills screen completely. Component fills the screen completely. But when you do "grey bars" with the 811 there is still a gap between the bars and the video and this can not be due to a TV issue.
Try this on S-Video, Component or DVI outputs and maybe you will see what I am talking about :
Select "Grey Bar" aspect mode with an SD channel, look closely at the left and right edges where the grey meets the video and you may see a thin black area. It is sort of like the SD "box" isn't quite being filled completely with the actual video. Of course this could be just on my 811, but both of mine do the same thing.
Dave
Re: dim picture
I was not trying to be rude, I was merely pointing out that those adjustments do not resolve the issue. You may not have watched programming yet that highlights the problem. Your set may some how be different masking the problem, but its really annoying for the many others that are experiencing this issue.
I was not trying to be rude, I was merely pointing out that those adjustments do not resolve the issue. You may not have watched programming yet that highlights the problem. Your set may some how be different masking the problem, but its really annoying for the many others that are experiencing this issue.
928gt said:
You are right about that, you will see a black edge where video meets the gray bar and that is because it is part of picture(If you see it closely it is moving not a static color). If you tune to a channel like HBO Channel#300 you won't see this thing but I think dish should do it like 6000 although we might loose some part of video but who cares anyway it was a 4X3 pic.
Spoke to Dish this evening..
They are taking reports on the dark video and starting a trending report. I assume this means if they get enough calls about this issue, that action will be taken. Or they are working on the problem and want as much feedback as possible.
So the more people that are experiencing the Dark SD video problem that call about this issue the sooner we might get some feedback about a resolution now that Dish has relased 2.62 perhaps they will focus on this issue..
They are taking reports on the dark video and starting a trending report. I assume this means if they get enough calls about this issue, that action will be taken. Or they are working on the problem and want as much feedback as possible.
So the more people that are experiencing the Dark SD video problem that call about this issue the sooner we might get some feedback about a resolution now that Dish has relased 2.62 perhaps they will focus on this issue..
rad said:
IT seems like this "slight change to how PSIP worked" broke it. I have channel 57 mapped to 4.01 and 4.02. When I switch from 4.01 to 4.02, it jumps instead to 57.02 and the mapping to channel 4 is lost.
It worked fine before the latest update.
Well I have been reading this great forum for weeks now and since I have had a 811 for a few weeks I thought it was time that I chimed in with some issues I have noticed with the latest update Ver 2.62.
- OTA Analog channels appear to have flashes of white pixels (switching noise?) when in the normal & grey bar aspect mode. This goes away under all other aspect modes. I am monitoring the component video out.
- Timer function, at the point an event timer is triggered, video output turns off.
I also agree with other posts stating that we need a way of logging in issues from our beta tests so that Dishnetwork can keep tract of valid software issues.
I have performed various QA firmware / software verification testing in the past and would be available to contribute my efforts to making the 811 a better product for all. I also think a formal task tree may be helpful in preventing multiple tests, and also provide us a more structured testing procedure. This would also expand the testing to other areas of the software that may otherwise be overlooked.
Barry
- OTA Analog channels appear to have flashes of white pixels (switching noise?) when in the normal & grey bar aspect mode. This goes away under all other aspect modes. I am monitoring the component video out.
- Timer function, at the point an event timer is triggered, video output turns off.
I also agree with other posts stating that we need a way of logging in issues from our beta tests so that Dishnetwork can keep tract of valid software issues.
I have performed various QA firmware / software verification testing in the past and would be available to contribute my efforts to making the 811 a better product for all. I also think a formal task tree may be helpful in preventing multiple tests, and also provide us a more structured testing procedure. This would also expand the testing to other areas of the software that may otherwise be overlooked.
Barry
"IT seems like this "slight change to how PSIP worked" broke it. I have channel 57 mapped to 4.01 and 4.02. When I switch from 4.01 to 4.02, it jumps instead to 57.02 and the mapping to channel 4 is lost.
It worked fine before the latest update"
I have the exact same problem, it worked beautifully before the upgrade - now it's a mess. Do these Dish engineers test their upgrades before releasing them?
Nicu
It worked fine before the latest update"
I have the exact same problem, it worked beautifully before the upgrade - now it's a mess. Do these Dish engineers test their upgrades before releasing them?
Nicu
So what is changed exactly on the aspect ratio control?
I have the 262 software. The 811 is hooked up in the following way,
811 component to my B&K ref31 then to my Pioneer RPTV,
811 S video directly to the TV.
I am using the S video output, tuned to local digital channel in all its 4*3 glory, cycling through the "*", but no stretching, no zooming. What gives?
I have the 262 software. The 811 is hooked up in the following way,
811 component to my B&K ref31 then to my Pioneer RPTV,
811 S video directly to the TV.
I am using the S video output, tuned to local digital channel in all its 4*3 glory, cycling through the "*", but no stretching, no zooming. What gives?
nclee said:
The format control works only throug the DVI or component outputs. If you use composit or s-video it's up the monitor to control the aspect ratio.
