Hello,

I've notice certain hd channels on dishnetwork are sort of blurry or not as clear as, say discovery hd. any idea why? My tv is a pioneer 6010FD.


thanks in advance

Hello,

I've notice certain hd channels on dishnetwork are sort of blurry or not as clear as, say discovery hd. any idea why? My tv is a pioneer 6010FD.


thanks in advance


when is the last time you cleaned your tv screen?

ha ha just kidding. I would guess that you have your tv hooked up to the box incorrectly. is this a new installation? how is it hooked up to the tv?i.e. what kind of cable? what channels? I just scanned thru and they all look good to me.

very funny... hehehe

it is a brand new 6010FD, hooked up via hdmi monster ultra 800 cables. its strange because even the dishnetwork menu is blurry as well. I would think it's the tv, if some channels are blurry, along with the dish menu, but there are certain channels that are always sharp. ie... discoveryhd and local channels that are in hd.

You got the Ultra 800's, eh? *Whistles* Well there's your problem right there. You should have gotten the nitrogen oxide filled Monster GS1200's. Those puppies actually add up to 500 pixels of resolution per scan field to the video. They're also yellow, which cuts down on interference from low band WiFi packet overruns. Finally, they employ an iron oxide coating on the connectors which ensures they will stay firmly connected.

You got the Ultra 800's, eh? *Whistles* Well there's your problem right there. You should have gotten the nitrogen oxide filled Monster GS1200's. Those puppies actually add up to 500 pixels of resolution per scan field to the video. They're also yellow, which cuts down on interference from low band WiFi packet overruns. Finally, they employ an iron oxide coating on the connectors which ensures they will stay firmly connected.That's what I have. They rock! And that home equity loan I took out to pay for them was totally worth it. :D

did you go into the menu and set the resolution to 1080?

the receiver comes default to 480

Yeah, I think that bgall has the right idea. My father in law has a 622, and when I was over there this summer, I noticed that it was too blurry for a 1080p TV. Sure enough the 622 was set to output at 480. I changed it to 1080i and bingo, looked great.

I ended up having to rewatch the USGP F1 race, because I had it wrong the first time. ;)

I told him that I was surprised that the installer had left it that way. He confessed that he had the 622 swapped out for some reason and that he had installed this particular unit.

did you go into the menu and set the resolution to 1080?

the receiver comes default to 480


yes, i have it set to 1080.

You got the Ultra 800's, eh? *Whistles* Well there's your problem right there. You should have gotten the nitrogen oxide filled Monster GS1200's. Those puppies actually add up to 500 pixels of resolution per scan field to the video. They're also yellow, which cuts down on interference from low band WiFi packet overruns. Finally, they employ an iron oxide coating on the connectors which ensures they will stay firmly connected.

another joker :confused: i actually googled it and came back with nothing

Hehe, next time save a few bucks and look here for cables. www.monoprice.com

Monsters Cable are known to be over priced and claims of quality that end up being irrelevant.

But back on topic. I think we need to know channels and in particular which shows you find to "not look as good" as Discovery HD Theater programming. There is currently still a lot of programming on numerous HD channels which is in fact Standard Def programming, just broadcast on a HD channels. (Think of a Black and White TV show being shown on a Color TV from a Color TV channel, its just backwards compatible with older tech).

Some channels like Discovery HD Theater, HDNet, Universal HD, Food-HD, and HGTV-HD are HD full time. Meaning that they almost never show SD programming, and usually when they do have SD material, its just a small part of a HD program (such as historical footage, or hidden camera stuff).

Other channels such as TNT-HD, NatGeo-HD, ESPN-HD, etc.. show HD shows some of the time and SD shows some of the time. This could be were you are seeing your "sub-par" picture quality.

Another idea: have you tried unplugging the A/C cable, waiting 30 secs and re-plugging it. Isn't that what the CSR always say? :D

another joker :confused: i actually googled it and came back with nothing
Ah, you should have Googled iron oxide first... ;)

Sorry, I also pick on the guys at Best Buy and Circuit City when they trumpet the virtues of Monster Cable products and why they're worth 3 times the price for, often, an inferior product. I actually had one guy convinced that the the cable sleeves on Monster products contained dangerous amounts of lead. In fact, almost every cable jacket contains trace amounts of it so small it's not really dangerous, but in certain states it's required that the package have a warning label on it. I had him resolving never to touch them again.... ;)

Another idea: have you tried unplugging the A/C cable, waiting 30 secs and re-plugging it. Isn't that what the CSR always say? :D
Heck, I work with million dollar broadcast equipment every day. When it acts oddly, the first thing the techs ask is "did you power cycle it?" Turning stuff off and on often corrects more problems than anything else. Of course, it often merely resets default settings, but whatever works...