Posts by footballcoach

Quote: Originally Posted by Cap'n Preshoot YES! Thanks Cap'n! P.S. They should really put this in the manual (don't flame me if it's in there because I didn't see it). In the troubleshooting guide it mentions it as a potential...

Quote: Originally Posted by dasani20ox It probably the color wheel or a fan to cool the bulb. I think its a fan because it runs for 15s after you turn off the TV. Thats why the lights blink on the front after you turn it...

Quote: Originally Posted by GoBig That is correct. Sounds like what you are seeing may be MPEG macroblocking. Turn off SharpEdge, lower your Sharpness to 0-10 range and lower you contrast some and they should be less noticable. If...

Dac and JNelson, Thanks for the input guys. I will try some of your settings to see if it improves. I remember reading somewhere in this long thread that if you pause the DVR when it is pixelating that if the pixels disappear...

Quote: Originally Posted by dacbeth You may wish to read those threads again, the set doesn't have a problem with 720p but some people believe that when a native 720p signal sent by ESPN is upconverted by the set top box to 1080i then...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mdurnin Just purchased a 73831. Will be delivered by the end of the week. Thanks for all the great information in this thread. I will be several steps up on the curve because of all of you. I use a...

Quote: Originally Posted by dacbeth I have a moto hd box on Service Electric Service which doesnt have a pass thru setting. I am set for 1080i and never have seen any smearing of the horizontal text scrolling on ESPN. Maybe I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cap'n Preshoot Which results in smearing of the horizontal text scroll on ESPN. It also causes the signal to have to be unnecessarily interlaced (from 720p to 1080i) then deinterlaced again before...

Quote: Originally Posted by jnelson2000 If Native on the HR20 is set to ON then the Native output from the STB is the native input rate from the channel. ESPN is a 720P feed so that is that is output with native set to ON The mits...

Question for you guys...playing around with my new 73831. I have an HR20-700S (HD-DVR). I set the mode on the HR20 for "Native". HR20 is directly connected to Sat and then via HDMI to Mits. When watching ESPN HD the Mits picks it up...