Frustrated as hell with ESPN HD

Please indulge me for a moment... I'm at the end of my rope.

Been waiting for ESPN HD for a long, long time. I subscribed to it from Day 1.
Their sports in HD is unreal. I could not be happier. Well... I could not be
happier with the *picture*, that is. The audio is a different story. I
started experiencing audio dropouts during ESPN's hi-def programs. Every 10-12
seconds.. like clockwork. It was like I hit the mute button every 10 seconds,
and it lasts for about a half a second. Last week, I replaced the entire dish
(for unrelated reasons), and got a brand new triple LNB with it. Still having
the same problem.

I'm sitting here watching the Braves/Cardinals game, and it looks absolutely
beautiful. But the constant audio dropouts makes it unwatchable. This is only
happening with ESPN HD. The other channels on the 110 LNB (HDNM, Discovery HD,
etc.) do not have this audio problem.

Is ANYONE else experiencing this issue with ESPN HD??? To say that I am
frustrated is the understatement of the century.

Thanks,
-Dave

"Dave" wrote in message
...
I'm sitting here watching the Braves/Cardinals game, and it looks absolutely
beautiful. But the constant audio dropouts makes it unwatchable. This is
only
happening with ESPN HD. The other channels on the 110 LNB (HDNM, Discovery
HD,
etc.) do not have this audio problem.

Is ANYONE else experiencing this issue with ESPN HD??? To say that I am
frustrated is the understatement of the century.

No problems in Seattle with my piece of crap Panasonic STB. Have I mentioned
what a slow non-responsive piece of crap my Panasonic STB is yet? If not...I
want to say that save for no audio dropouts on ESPN HD, my Panasonic STB is the
worst home theater purchase I've ever made. It's so laughably slow and
non-responsive that Panasonic should pay me for having to put up with it. When I
upgrade to a new HD/PVR Direct TV STB when they become available, out of the
goodness of my heart I won't even try to sell my piece of crap slow and
unresponsive Panasonic to some sucker on the internet. I'll just eat it or set
it on a pedestal as an example of the worst piece of crap slow and unresponsive
STB ever made....and when I say that, I'm talking about the Panasonic.

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Please indulge me for a moment... I'm at the end of my rope.

Been waiting for ESPN HD for a long, long time. I subscribed to it from
Day 1.
Their sports in HD is unreal. I could not be happier. Well... I could
not be
happier with the *picture*, that is. The audio is a different story. I
started experiencing audio dropouts during ESPN's hi-def programs. Every
10-12
seconds.. like clockwork. It was like I hit the mute button every 10
seconds,
and it lasts for about a half a second. Last week, I replaced the entire
dish
(for unrelated reasons), and got a brand new triple LNB with it. Still
having
the same problem.

I'm sitting here watching the Braves/Cardinals game, and it looks
absolutely
beautiful. But the constant audio dropouts makes it unwatchable. This is
only
happening with ESPN HD. The other channels on the 110 LNB (HDNM,
Discovery HD,
etc.) do not have this audio problem.

Is ANYONE else experiencing this issue with ESPN HD??? To say that I am
frustrated is the understatement of the century.

Thanks,
-Dave



Comcast had drop out issues of audio on HD in the SF bay area when it first
rolled out, though I was told it was at the head end.
It has cleared up, though it does happen on rare occasions just as you
describe.

From: Jeff Rife

Dave ) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
I'm sitting here watching the Braves/Cardinals game, and it looks
absolutely
beautiful. But the constant audio dropouts makes it unwatchable. This is
only
happening with ESPN HD. The other channels on the 110 LNB (HDNM, Discovery
HD,
etc.) do not have this audio problem.

Is ANYONE else experiencing this issue with ESPN HD??? To say that I am
frustrated is the understatement of the century.

People with RCA DTC-100 receivers (or the RCA F38310, or the Proscan
equivalent) are having this problem. I have it on my F38310.


Bingo, Jeff. I have the DTC-100. Good to know that I won't be checking into
the insane asylum today... ;-) I'll give that fix a try. Thanks to everyone
for taking the time to reply.


I can cure it 100% of the time by calling up the guide, waiting for that
to stabilize, then exit the guide. Don't just hit "Guide" then immediately
hit "Exit".

Others have reported that going in to the signal strength screen solves the
problem for them.

RCA and DirecTV know about this, and are working on it.

--
Jeff Rife |
301-916-8131 | http://www.nabs.net/Cartoons/Dilbert/TechBigot.gif

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"Dave" wrote in message
...
Please indulge me for a moment... I'm at the end of my rope.

Been waiting for ESPN HD for a long, long time. I subscribed to it from
Day 1.
Their sports in HD is unreal. I could not be happier. Well... I could
not be
happier with the *picture*, that is. The audio is a different story. I
started experiencing audio dropouts during ESPN's hi-def programs.
Every
10-12
seconds.. like clockwork. It was like I hit the mute button every 10
seconds,
and it lasts for about a half a second. Last week, I replaced the
entire
dish
(for unrelated reasons), and got a brand new triple LNB with it. Still
having
the same problem.

I'm sitting here watching the Braves/Cardinals game, and it looks
absolutely
beautiful. But the constant audio dropouts makes it unwatchable. This
is
only
happening with ESPN HD. The other channels on the 110 LNB (HDNM,
Discovery HD,
etc.) do not have this audio problem.

Is ANYONE else experiencing this issue with ESPN HD??? To say that I am
frustrated is the understatement of the century.

Thanks,
-Dave



Comcast had drop out issues of audio on HD in the SF bay area when it
first
rolled out, though I was told it was at the head end.
It has cleared up, though it does happen on rare occasions just as you
describe.


No problems here... Hughes e86

Glad to know that it is not just me who is experiencing these audio
dropouts. I have an RCA DTC-100 and get ESPN-HD over DirecTV. I posted
a question about this on the AVS Forum and got no responses. The
dropouts are significant in frequency and only seem to occur during ESPN-
HD broadcasts. The channel seems fine when they are showing their
stretched and cropped SD stuff. I was wondering if it had something to
do with their audio encoder.

In Dave wrote:
Please indulge me for a moment... I'm at the end of my rope.

Been waiting for ESPN HD for a long, long time. I subscribed to it
from Day 1. Their sports in HD is unreal. I could not be happier.
Well... I could not be happier with the *picture*, that is. The audio
is a different story. I started experiencing audio dropouts during
ESPN's hi-def programs. Every 10-12 seconds.. like clockwork. It was
like I hit the mute button every 10 seconds, and it lasts for about a
half a second. Last week, I replaced the entire dish (for unrelated
reasons), and got a brand new triple LNB with it. Still having the
same problem.

I'm sitting here watching the Braves/Cardinals game, and it looks
absolutely beautiful. But the constant audio dropouts makes it
unwatchable. This is only happening with ESPN HD. The other channels
on the 110 LNB (HDNM, Discovery HD, etc.) do not have this audio
problem.

Is ANYONE else experiencing this issue with ESPN HD??? To say that I
am frustrated is the understatement of the century.

Thanks,
-Dave

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 22:19:12 GMT, Carlton Rice wrote:

Glad to know that it is not just me who is experiencing these audio
dropouts. I have an RCA DTC-100 and get ESPN-HD over DirecTV. I posted
a question about this on the AVS Forum and got no responses. The
dropouts are significant in frequency and only seem to occur during ESPN-
HD broadcasts. The channel seems fine when they are showing their
stretched and cropped SD stuff. I was wondering if it had something to
do with their audio encoder.

I get audio drop outs on ESPNHD that I get from Comcast. Last night
it was audio and video drop outs.
Thumper
In Dave wrote:
Please indulge me for a moment... I'm at the end of my rope.

Been waiting for ESPN HD for a long, long time. I subscribed to it
from Day 1. Their sports in HD is unreal. I could not be happier.
Well... I could not be happier with the *picture*, that is. The audio
is a different story. I started experiencing audio dropouts during
ESPN's hi-def programs. Every 10-12 seconds.. like clockwork. It was
like I hit the mute button every 10 seconds, and it lasts for about a
half a second. Last week, I replaced the entire dish (for unrelated
reasons), and got a brand new triple LNB with it. Still having the
same problem.

I'm sitting here watching the Braves/Cardinals game, and it looks
absolutely beautiful. But the constant audio dropouts makes it
unwatchable. This is only happening with ESPN HD. The other channels
on the 110 LNB (HDNM, Discovery HD, etc.) do not have this audio
problem.

Is ANYONE else experiencing this issue with ESPN HD??? To say that I
am frustrated is the understatement of the century.

Thanks,
-Dave