Awful CTV-HD West Sim-Subs - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

dm_4u · 2005-12-06, 08:45 AM

Anyone notice that the sim-subs from the western feeds of CTV are as bad as the eastern ones were last year...(breaking up...no center channel, etc)

57 · 2005-12-06, 09:17 AM

Some HD channels send out improperly encoded DD5.1 with signal to the LF & RF speakers only. This happens quite a bit on certain channels...

stampeder · 2005-12-06, 01:27 PM

There is only one Western feed of CTV-DT and that's Vancouver. I watch CTV-DT 33.1 Vancouver OTA and do not experience the problems you've mentioned during their HD simsubs. Are you a Shaw or BEV subscriber? Maybe the problem is in the delivery or your reception.

dm_4u · 2005-12-07, 03:03 PM

BEV

When the sim-sub begins...everything freezes...breaks apart in little digital cubes...and then comes back a few seconds later...with washed out colors and bad sound...literally no sub and sometimes no center channel for the first ten-thirty seconds...

Last week...it didn't come back until after the first break...

stampeder · 2005-12-07, 03:47 PM

On your BEV receiver do any other HD channels have the same problem? If you go into Menu-6-1-1 on your receiver and check the signal level on all the Sat. 82 transponders (all BEV HD channels are on 82) are they very high (above ~70)? If not, I think you might want to bring this up in the BEV forum since I think your reception of 82 might be too weak.

TWG · 2005-12-07, 08:54 PM

It has nothing to do with local reception. CTV-W does a poor job of simsubing NBC and CBS however their ABC simsubs are a very sick joke. The sound is way off and often is not even there. I watch my DD lite flick on and off and the sound does not revert to Pro logic. They are usually about 30 seconds into a US program before they get into the act and there are no problems prior to them horning in on the signal. Why this is allowed is beyond me. They should not be allowed to do this if they can not get it right 99% of the time. I previously complained of Desperate Housewives and Greys Anatomy being ruined for four straight weekends. They are now up to five.

2005-12-06, 08:45 AM	#1
dm_4u Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Winnipeg - Bell-HD Posts: 2,090	Awful CTV-HD West Sim-Subs Anyone notice that the sim-subs from the western feeds of CTV are as bad as the eastern ones were last year...(breaking up...no center channel, etc)

2005-12-06, 09:17 AM	#2
57 Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto, Rogers, 8300HD, eHDD, Panasonic TCP65S1, Denon AVR4310Ci; 8300HD, eHDD & Sony KDL40W3000 Posts: 50,293	Some HD channels send out improperly encoded DD5.1 with signal to the LF & RF speakers only. This happens quite a bit on certain channels... __________________ 57's Home Theatre (Latest equipment & photos) 57's Optimization Services (Home Theatre Optimization) Last edited by 57; 2005-12-06 at 01:48 PM. Reason: Originally read this as City, not CTV. Post Edited.

2005-12-06, 01:27 PM	#3
stampeder OTA Forum Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Delta, BC (96Av x 116St) Posts: 23,338	There is only one Western feed of CTV-DT and that's Vancouver. I watch CTV-DT 33.1 Vancouver OTA and do not experience the problems you've mentioned during their HD simsubs. Are you a Shaw or BEV subscriber? Maybe the problem is in the delivery or your reception. __________________ New To OTA? OTA FAQ & Knowledge Base OTA Antenna Chart 8.2

2005-12-07, 08:54 PM	#6
TWG Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Calgary Posts: 114	It has nothing to do with local reception. CTV-W does a poor job of simsubing NBC and CBS however their ABC simsubs are a very sick joke. The sound is way off and often is not even there. I watch my DD lite flick on and off and the sound does not revert to Pro logic. They are usually about 30 seconds into a US program before they get into the act and there are no problems prior to them horning in on the signal. Why this is allowed is beyond me. They should not be allowed to do this if they can not get it right 99% of the time. I previously complained of Desperate Housewives and Greys Anatomy being ruined for four straight weekends. They are now up to five. __________________ Denon2311, KDS50-2020, SamBluray, BEV6142, BEV6131, Shaw 3400, Pioneer CLD-M401, PSB Speakers, Mirage Sub, Harmony 520

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2005-12-07, 03:03 PM	#4
dm_4u Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Winnipeg - Bell-HD Posts: 2,090	BEV When the sim-sub begins...everything freezes...breaks apart in little digital cubes...and then comes back a few seconds later...with washed out colors and bad sound...literally no sub and sometimes no center channel for the first ten-thirty seconds... Last week...it didn't come back until after the first break...

2005-12-07, 03:47 PM	#5
stampeder OTA Forum Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Delta, BC (96Av x 116St) Posts: 23,338	On your BEV receiver do any other HD channels have the same problem? If you go into Menu-6-1-1 on your receiver and check the signal level on all the Sat. 82 transponders (all BEV HD channels are on 82) are they very high (above ~70)? If not, I think you might want to bring this up in the BEV forum since I think your reception of 82 might be too weak.