Don't want to put every channel under a microscope but I've gotta tell ya', was watching Monk on USA-HD last night (8/8) and in spots it was one of the worst
"HD" pictures I've seen. The noise in dark scenes was bad enough (I've seen that on other stations although not quite as bad) but there were even brightly lit shots (e.g. close-up of Monk's face in the Captain's office) which had enormous amounts of mottling and noise-type confetti.
I just had a tech on the roof who checked my dishes so I don't think it's that but, did anyone else notice this or is something off with my equipment (622)? Is it the same on D* or did Dish have too much HD going on last night with the Olympics and have to throttle back on the bandwidth/bitstreaming?
"HD" pictures I've seen. The noise in dark scenes was bad enough (I've seen that on other stations although not quite as bad) but there were even brightly lit shots (e.g. close-up of Monk's face in the Captain's office) which had enormous amounts of mottling and noise-type confetti.
I just had a tech on the roof who checked my dishes so I don't think it's that but, did anyone else notice this or is something off with my equipment (622)? Is it the same on D* or did Dish have too much HD going on last night with the Olympics and have to throttle back on the bandwidth/bitstreaming?