[mythtv-users] Semi-OT: Anyone from MA on Comcast seeing corruption on 804 WBZ-DT?

Douglas Peale Douglas_Peale at comcast.net
Fri Oct 1 16:34:13 UTC 2010


On 10/01/2010 05:23 AM, MarcT wrote:
> This might be better suited for one of the regional cable forums, but
> for the life of me I can’t remember them at the moment.
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> This might be specific to Lowell and surrounding areas, but I started
> seeing video corruption on channel 804-WBZ-DT and I wanted to know
> anyone else is seeing it.
> 
> With the start of the new TV season I only just started recording shows
> on this channel again. My current recorded programs shows that a gap in
> my recordings on this channel from May 26^th to Sept 20^th so I am not
> sure when this happened.
> 
> I originally thought it might have had something to do with an
> electrical service upgrade I just had done the week before. But that
> idea went on the back burner when researching the issue pointed out it
> was only one channel that did this and it occurred on every one of my
> HD5000’s. Cablebox seems fine though. I eliminated the possibility of a
> bad amp by bypassing it. Signal strength is a lower but the issue
> remained only on the same channel. The other channel (806-WFXT-DT) on
> the same multiplex seems fine.
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> When you start playback on one of the videos from this channel you get a
> brief spot of pixelization before it clears up and plays fine, but when
> you FFW/REW you get another burst of pixelization and then a second
> later it clears up again. Also here is what you get in mythweb from the
> preview generation
> http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/324/channel804640x360.png
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> So, anyone else seeing issues?
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> Regards
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> MarcT
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