inconsistant hd?

[robinwood]

with my new 50v500 and rogers hd box

CSI on Hd great picture and colour

24 on Hd grainy picture - commercials are good

fellowship of rings last night Dec 17 on tmm hd
(every so often would get black creen for a second- occasional sound drop out
other channels had no problem is this common?
Is the signal that inconsistant on these HD channels?
don't think it would be the new set - but am watching for any potential problems while it is fresh
thanks
Robinc

[Plugplay]

Originally Posted by caulderwoodr

24 on Hd grainy picture - commercials are good

Fox is not HDTV but EDTV, hense the lower quality.

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Originally Posted by caulderwoodr

1. every so often would get black creen for a second- occasional sound drop out other channels had no problem is this common?

2. Is the signal that inconsistant on these HD channels?

1. Yes.
2. Can be. I've usually found 24 and The OC to be fairly good quality on Fox, but it is EDTV widescreen (480P), not HDTV - as was stated earlier.

[robinwood]

wow, this gets more complex all the time , thanks for he answers
Robinc

[TheHulk]

saw the same audio and video dropouts on that lotr wed night so it's not your equipment

[AVphile]

Even LOTR: Two Towers on HD-PPV had hundreds of audio dropouts
I paid for that one to impress a guest instead of borrowing the DVD and it wasn't really much better and the dropouts were embarassing. ops:

[Nuje]

So, if you get a PPV, then have the audio problems, do you still have to pay for it?

I've never done a ppv - I'd rather go rent the dvd, watch it at my own leisure, maybe watch the extras, and I know it's gonna be DD5.1 or DTS, or whatever the box says - and then this would be another reason: technical problems.

I doubt they give you a refund if they're experiencing "technical issues" - it's certainly gonna be up to you to pursue it, and if your time is worth money, you end up paying twice. :evil:

[I_Want_My_HDTV]

Out of 4 free PPV movies. One got wiped out half way through by a thunderstorm. Another did not come on due to technical problems. I had to call and spend half an hour explaining the problem because the CSR had no idea what the problem was. Two movies were wrongly billed and I had to call twice to get the billing reversed. I was not impressed. Video store where are you? :roll:

[billn]

I only purchase PPV's I really want to see if they are in HD and DD 5.1, so far no problems.

Originally Posted by I_Want_My_HDTV

Out of 4 free PPV movies. One got wiped out half way through by a thunderstorm. Another did not come on due to technical problems. I had to call and spend half an hour explaining the problem because the CSR had no idea what the problem was. Two movies were wrongly billed and I had to call twice to get the billing reversed.

You mean they billed you for free PPV movies? What a scam.

Video store where are you?

Not impressed here either. I've lost count of the numerous erroneous late charges, calls for late movies that were returned days ago, titles available only in full screen, etc. and this from Blockbuster no less. If I plan to watch a movie more than once, I purchase the DVD.

[gr66nman]

Wow, you guys have the worst luck. Never had one problem renting a DVD (from Rogers)... not with late charges or bad discs or what have you. Never had a problem with PPV but I haven't tried HD-PPV... y'know, lack of selection and all. :evil:

[I_Want_My_HDTV]

We had a really great video store near here. Then Rogers had them kicked out of the plaza when their lease expired. :evil: I had problems with Rogers' rental policies too.

The good video store relocated but has not been doing well in the new location. Now I am moving and it will be a long drive so I will need to look for another independent.

[AVphile]

Originally Posted by Nuje

So, if you get a PPV, then have the audio problems, do you still have to pay for it?

I don't think anyone has proven the audio problems are Rogers's or Scientific Atlanta's. Either way it's not worth calling them. It was a freebie anyway. If I paid for it and it was bad enough that I would stop watching it then I'd rage on them.

I'm really dissapointed that so many shows are failing to come on in full HD, coming in window-boxed, or coming in 4:3 :evil:

[TVJunkie]

I am getting very sick of paying full price for half service. When on the rare occasion there is a show in full HD I want to watch either the picture blacks out, Audio needs to be turned up full on one HD channel and then back down for another channel (dont ya hate when you forget to turn it down) or you lose both Audio and Picture. The only consistanly decent channel seems to be PBS and the demo channel (maybe it's just me)

It reminds me of when I was a kid holding the TV arial up and standing on one leg just so I could watch rockie and bull winkle. The only thing that has changed is I now have a bill of $100 a month and standing on one leg doesnt make a difference.

[AVphile]

Well ABC did a good job last night. Enemy of the State was in HD and 5.1 It looked and sounded great. All that for free... TMN should be ashamed!

Silly City TV had it in ghetto 4:3 SD. ops:

[robinwood]

I saw part of that the picture was great but the sound on mine was way out of sync??
Robinc