Espn HD

Tek-warrior · 17-01-2010, 10:02

Sat down last night to watch the EVERTON game on espnHD. after turning the volume up because on virgin HD channels the volume is always LOWER than normal SD channels.
The picture quality was very good ' that is when there was a picture

' Both picture and sound went off, about 20seconds later picture and sound returned, the game kicked off, then a few minutes into the game same thing happened again, changed channels over to the SD transmission so i could watch the game with sound and vision.
Good old virginmedia nothing changes.

Dukefever · 17-01-2010, 11:06

Its lower sometimes because it transmits in a different sound format such as Dolby Digital 2.1/5.1.

Sorry you had problems with the picture. Perhaps you have a signal fault that needs looking at. Does this happen on any other HD channels?

Duke

17-01-2010, 11:19

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Originally Posted by Dukefever

Its lower sometimes because it transmits in a different sound format such as Dolby Digital 2.1/5.1.

Sorry you had problems with the picture. Perhaps you have a signal fault that needs looking at. Does this happen on any other HD channels?

Duke

Thats not a reason for it to be lower. The box levels just need increasing for Dolby content. Sky had the same issue with their HD boxes until they changed the box software to match the analogue audio levels.

Digital Fanatic · 17-01-2010, 11:37

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Originally Posted by The-Darkside

Thats not a reason for it to be lower. The box levels just need increasing for Dolby content. Sky had the same issue with their HD boxes until they changed the box software to match the analogue audio levels.

This will make them very loud when they are not broadcasting 5.1 though, when you switch between other channels.. I know other friends with SkyHD who say this now happens to them.

Did you only have an issue with ESPN HD? What area are you in?

Joedm45 · 17-01-2010, 12:07

Must admit that I had loss of picture & sound about 3 times during the match, just assumed a broadcasting fault.

It happens I'm afraid

Nook29 · 17-01-2010, 13:46

Picture and sound was perfect for me throughout the entire match.

17-01-2010, 13:52

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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

This will make them very loud when they are not broadcasting 5.1 though, when you switch between other channels.. I know other friends with SkyHD who say this now happens to them.

Did you only have an issue with ESPN HD? What area are you in?

No it won't. A channel which has Dolby audio, has Dolby audio all the time. When its not 5.1 its 2.0. Sky 'normalised' the HD box sound so there wasn't as much difference between PCM audio channels and Dolby channels. Virgin will have to do the same.

Digital Fanatic · 17-01-2010, 17:42

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Originally Posted by Joedm45

Must admit that I had loss of picture & sound about 3 times during the match, just assumed a broadcasting fault.

It happens I'm afraid

Yeah we did have an issue, but it should all be sorted now. Broadcast issue I believe. HTH

hansi · 17-01-2010, 18:46

I had a stop/start problem watching the game too. At least they didn't score in the meantime. Great match (unless you're a City fan!)

archie hunter · 18-01-2010, 08:51

I had the same problem too - but then I also had it watching the test match earlier in the day. I lost Sky Sports 1,2 & 3 for a few minutes. I had moved my V+ box earlier in the day though and i'd put it down to a loose connection somewhere. On a related note re.ESPN HD, I had the sound output via my Home Theatre and there were lip sync issues during the half time chat. I've noticed this on Living HD aswell. SD channels & BBC HD are always OK