Pixelation

[ranran]

I have a VIP211K and noticing on espn (140) EA satellite 72, I get an occasional very minute breakup of part of picture during basketball games. Just started doing this recently. Is this probably a bug with espn or something else. Thanks for input.

 

[TommyF@DISH Network]

Hi ranran and welcome to the Forums! There hasn't been any updates regarding ESPN having issues of any kind. It is quite possible it could be though. Does it happen at any specific times of the day? Is it only basketball games? Anyone else on here notice a problem and can provide info? I have a TV here I can look at, but can't watch it all day

 

[lparsons21]

The pixelation is on all the HD channels I watch, live or recorded. Very quick and minor, but very noticeable.

Running 722k w/L682 (?)

 

[busdriver72]

I have noticed it watching football games. It's very brief, and only happens occasionally, but I noticed it does not happen during commercials or the pre/post game part...I don't think it's a fault within the residential system itself. I think it is in the uplink.

 

[TommyF@DISH Network]

Interesting.. I'll go ahead and make them aware of it so they can do some research on it themselves if needed. So we have ESPN, (@parsons) and all HD's. Is that right?

 

[lparsons21]

Yep, that's right. Hopefully it will happen while someone in engineering is watching. It isn't real often, just a few times a day, and it is very short duration.

 

[TommyF@DISH Network]

Cool, sent it in, do you know any specific time or is it sporadically?

 

[lparsons21]

Normally in the evening, either live or on a show recorded in the evening. I've not noticed it during the day on live shows, only recorded shows from the night before. But fairly random as to time other than that.

 

[ranran]

Been gone since I first posted this last night. Happens usually during a bb game on espn at night Only started noticeing it last few nights. I will try to record some more info tonight and post it on here. Thanks Tommy

 

[KAB]

What you area probably seeing is motion pix-elation, not uncommon to HDTV broadcasts, especially in sports, and much discussed regarding ESPN lately.

 

[TommyF@DISH Network]

What you area probably seeing is motion pix-elation, not uncommon to HDTV broadcasts, especially in sports.

Cool a chance to learn something! What do you mean by area pix-elation? Like signal loss related to a certain area (Uplink issue)?

 

[KAB]

Cool a chance to learn something! What do you mean by area pix-elation? Like signal loss related to a certain area (Uplink issue)?

No. It relates to a television's refresh rate and or compression.

HDTV Magazine - HDTV Forum - View topic - Motion Artifacts/Pixilation on Fios and all providers

 

[TommyF@DISH Network]

No. It relates to a television's refresh rate and or compression.

HDTV Magazine - HDTV Forum - View topic - Motion Artifacts/Pixilation on Fios and all providers

Cool! Thanks for the heads up!

 

[ranran]

Would it help to change the hd setup on my receiver from 1080i to 720p?

 

[KAB]

Would it help to change the hd setup on my receiver from 1080i to 720p?

Maybe. Try and see.