slaytonf Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I am experiencing pixilation, freeze-frame, and sound interruption. This is only on TCM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 No trouble with reception on Directv, but I've seen several black helicopters circling around my house tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I did earlier tonight on CNN but it was only After I had put the program on Pause. When I resumed Play, I experienced both freeze frame and sound interuption . Since I normally do not have that problem, I thought for sure there was something wrong with my TV ! Twink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 If you put a live program on Pause, then you must have a DVR, and when you take it off of Pause, then you are watching a recording of the program that was recorded when you had it on Pause. Isn't that correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Actually, in Canada it is called a PVR ( personal video recorder). I assume it is the same as a DVR and yes, it is hooked up to the TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Ok so it might have been the playback signal from your PVR that was giving you the video trouble, and not the broadcast signal from CNN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 That thought never occurred to me!.. I'm a blonde, what can I say ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 FCDobbs wrote: >If you put a live program on Pause, then you must have a DVR, and when you take it off of Pause, then you are watching a recording of the program that was recorded when you had it on Pause. > >Isn't that correct? Fred, most of the time one is watching from the hard drive, with a 6 second delay from the transmission. When you change to a new channel, you are watching live. But, if you pause, then catch up with the "Live" button, or by fast forwarding, you are watching with the 6 second delay. So, if one's HDD is having problems, it will happen often, and on all channels. With my Comcast remote, I can skip ahead 15 sec., or 5 min., or hit the "Live" button. With any of those commands, it is not uncommon to see momentary picture breakup, or momentary out-of-sync sound, but it doesn't happen that often, and resolves in a second or two. If one gets a bad picture from a prerecorded film on the HDD, it may have been like that in the original transmission. It's hard to tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 No problem here. At least, no more than the usual. Which I credit to the service provider anyway. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markfp2 Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Over 99% of the time, reception problems are at the cable company's end. If it was TCM's fault, these boards would probably implode because of all the complaints. At lot of folks think that the signal leaves TCM and goes right to your TV, like over-the-air channels,but that's not true. Cable companies have to pick up those signals, often from third-party satellite dish "farms" and retransmit them, by fiber-optics or other means to different cities.so there's more chance of a problem. Even the satellite services like DirecTV retransmit. They pick the signal up, from the satellite that TCM leases, at their main receiving location in Colorado then sends it up to other satellites where the dish on your roof picks it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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