I just recently switched from cable to DirecTV and was wondering if anybody else has had problems with their picture freezing for a millisecond during fast action or transitionary scenes? If so, is there anything I can do to reduce or eliminate this issue? Thanks.

DTV? Do you mean Directv? DTV is short for Digital Television around here. What make and model receiver? Never saw a Directv Plus DVR.

And have clarified my original post. Thanks.

DirecTV applies significantly more compression on its channels than many cable systems, so some additional freezing / pixelating is to be expected, especially when there is a lot of movement on the screen.

Quantity and quality tends to be a sliding scale with most cable and satellite providers. You can have top quality and less quantity, or top quantity and less quality.

I have very rare pixelating or freezing on my Directv HD or SD picture and really only notice any problems during heavy snow or rainstorms.

I have my 5-LNB dish mounted on the roof with a clear view of the sky and high quality RG6 cabling with compression connectors.

The PQ is excellent as far as I'm concerned. If I flip between the local news channel (WUSA9 - CBS affiliate) from dish and OTA on my roof-mounted Winegard antenna, I can tell that the OTA is a bit sharper, but not much.

Constant pixelating and freezing is not normal as implied above. It could be a dish alinement problem or something may be blocking the signal. Check the signal stength on the meter.

DTV? Do you mean Directv? DTV is short for Digital Television around here. What make and model receiver? Never saw a Directv Plus DVR.Title fixed.