Video Dropouts — Community

#1 Feb 28, 2005 at 10:35 am

What's with all the video dropouts? Maybe it's because I watch more ABC shows (on Directv), but they seem to have the most. The Oscars were riddled with them last night. At first I thought it was a camera switching at live events problem, but then I recalled it happening on taped shows like Desperate Housewives.

I watch virtually everything recorded on my HD TiVo, so maybe the problem lies with that unit. Has anybody been experiencing these vid dropouts watching D* in real time?

#2 Feb 28, 2005 at 3:17 pm

Just for clarity...

You mean you watch the national ABC feed off of DirecTV?

#3 Feb 28, 2005 at 4:00 pm

Are you talking about the national ABC HD feed on DirecTV or local OTA?

I've had worse than normal DirecTV reception the last few weeks. I think my dish has shifted and needs to be reaimed. This will affect some transponders differently than others.

#4 Feb 28, 2005 at 4:04 pm

Via OTA there were some drop outs or glitches such as some quick blocking or multiple dropped frames along with the audio being cut off for a split second. 10 times maybe?

While it wasn't flawless due to the above, 99.9% of the time it was awesome!

#5 Feb 28, 2005 at 6:03 pm

I was talking about the D* national HD feed.