Jerkiness with my HDPVR

[Fee]

Hi all,

Im new to HD PVR and am loving thus far but i dont knw if its the TV or the PVR decoder or what but im getting jerky movements in the picture. I was watching RUGBY and HULK yesterday on MnetHD and its damn irritating. What could this be?

 

[atomcrusher]

Welcome to the world of HD-TV, SA style. Multichoice (MCA) have not introduced technology that has been proven in the rest of the world ... they have decided to go it alone and so have managed to totally screw up what the rest of the world has successfully introduced ages ago.

Joint the DSTV forum and look at the posts relevant to HD - you will soon regret wasting your money. The "jerky" picture is the least fof your worries ... there are at least 50+ existing defects in the MCA offering that seriously detract from what should be the norm in "best practice" HDTV.

 

[Fee]

Oh crap and i was enjoying my HD PVR. It never happened the first week i got it but now all of a sudden its starts. Glad its not my TV tho, i guess the HD decoder wasnt a good investment after all.

 

[Quantum Theory]

Is there any digital breakup? Is it only on the HD channel?

Don't worry about atomcrusher... He obviously does not have a clue (what is wrong I mean).

 

[gifs]

What dish setup do you have?

Was their wind or rain when this happened?

The HD channel might break up if you have a smaller dish (60cm) as the weather can affect the signal.

 

[sand_man]

mmm... I've just purchased and installed a HD PVR too and am noticing numerous bugs. When it works it's very sweet but there been numerous issues and that's one's I've noticed in the 1st week of use...

I've noticed my screen aspect ratio seems to reset itself although I haven't changed any settings.

When I go into the advanced options setup the output scale is set correctly to 720d, I change it to 1080i then back to 720d then exit and I'm viewing in full screen once again. If I leave that setting on 1080i though I notice a deterioration in picture quality, shimmering effect, perhaps similar to what you experiencing fee..

 

[bekdik]

The jerks are the people transmitting the content ...

 

[HypoThesis]

The jerks are the people transmitting the content ...

+1

Whats scarier is that they're planning 3 more channels...and each one will come with an extra fee. So you can get ****ed 3 times more

I use my HD channel mostly for the sport coverage otherwise it really is useless. Watch a Blu-ray disc and you realise just what 1080i is supposed to look like.

 

[LCBXX]

If you have a 60CM dish, you'll have kuk whenever it's just overcast. First step is to get a 90CM dish or bigger (about R400).

Phoning Multichoice is pointless as they blame nearly all of the kuk with the HD-PVR on your installation and/or cabling. Prepare to fork out at least another R800.

 

[sand_man]

Watch a Blu-ray disc and you realise just what 1080i is supposed to look like.

Is it that much better? I'm surprised. I been pretty blown away by the picture quality delivered by the HD PVR...

 

[HypoThesis]

Is it that much better? I'm surprised. I been pretty blown away by the picture quality delivered by the HD PVR...

If you don't have a Blu-ray player, find a buddy who does. Borrow it for the weekend and hire some discs.

I guess it also goes with the size of your screen. The larger the screen the more you notice the differences in resolution.

 

[Quantum Theory]

HypoThesis. Multichoice announced that they won't be charging extra for the new HD channels next year. Also, blu-ray is 1080p not 1080i. Nobody broadcasts at 1080p, so yes blu-ray will always be better. That's a given.

 

[Keeper]

new HD channels? wow how bad is the quality gonna get then? (seeing they already throttled it from 12MB/s to 10MB/s recently)

 

[Quantum Theory]

new HD channels? wow how bad is the quality gonna get then? (seeing they already throttled it from 12MB/s to 10MB/s recently)

8PSK DVB-S2 transponder already up and running...

 

[Keeper]

8PSK DVB-S2 transponder already up and running...

*whoosh*

 

[Quantum Theory]

*whoosh*

More bandwidth tailor made for HD. Think I explained it somewhere else.

 

[HypoThesis]

HypoThesis. Multichoice announced that they won't be charging extra for the new HD channels next year. Also, blu-ray is 1080p not 1080i. Nobody broadcasts at 1080p, so yes blu-ray will always be better. That's a given.

Cool. Thanx

The 'p' and 'i' confuse me no end