Ceton infiniTV 4 Pixelation issue

Do you have FiOS? If so, you may need a Low Pass Filter installed just prior to entering your tuner.

I have Comcast and I have the same exact problem

Open a support ticket. They seem to think this problem doesn't happen to many people, but my guess is that it does and people either don't notice it or it doesn't bother them enough to complain.

They've known about this issue for a long time now, but it doesn't seem to be a priority.

http://experts.windows.com/frms/wind...px?PageIndex=1

Try putting a fan on the Ceton tuner as a test. I have a fan running on mine.

I have noticed this issue already. Have the ceton on the newest firmware. Only had it running for a couple hours. Saw it on the first show I watched.

Provider is time warner.

Please open a support ticket - the more people that do the better. they think this is a rare problem.

if they look like these pics, single lines like that, then it's probably the same issue.

try a straight run to your Ceton and see if you still have the same problem.

did you try this?

also..... when you have to run a splitter.... don't use the ones comcast provides....

I had the same problem but has gone away because of what I did.

did you do a test with a straight run with no splitters?

No, the only splitter I have goes to my cable modem. Could this be causing a problem. It would be a pain to test because it happens randomly. And would have to kill the internet for a long time to test properly.

So people are saying not to use the splitter from TW. Is it really bad? Why would they use something which is so cheapo that would cause issues.

I had video corruption problems, they were like what you showed, only far worse. I cannot remember the exact temps, but it was in the low 60s and now stays in the upper 40s.

The fan also helps keep my video card cooler, so it very well may have been a combination problem of the heat from the Ceton causing the Ceton issues as well as that same heat causing my vid card to have issues.

Pixelation is normally caused by a bandwidth problem dropping some frames from the source to the destination. It is usually worse with heavy action or only with HD resolution content.

This is consistent with everyone else who has this problem (me included). Ceton has stated they've reproduced the issue, but no other information has been provided.

But this is always in the form of a small strip across the screen. Not like when the whole screen messes up. Seems to be a specific issue.

Pixelation always effects parts of one or more lines on the screen.
It happens because MPEG2 compression consists of full frames and partial update frames and if a frame is dropped the next update frame data to parts of the screen will be changing the wrong image.

i have the same issue on Cox Phoenix.

i also get some local pixelization that seems to follow faster moving images such as all the recent hockey playoffs... you'll get a blob of pixels that seem to follow a player for a couple seconds.

but mostly i get the horizontal pixels. i have a ticket open with them

at least they've solved my 'weak or no signal' blue screen. my temps are all 55 and lower (48 with case lid on) and signal is +5dbmv and 36db snr

i'm not using a splitter, i just run from wall to TA to Ceton. I have no other outlets in my house that have anything hooked to my coax lines. I have fiber for internet so no cable modem even.

running intel integrated graphics on whatever H67 chipset

I always thought that horizontal pixelation line was something in the stream from TWC :S

Support ticket submitted at Ceton

If it like the pics above, then it's not from your cable provider. This issue isn't seen on cable boxes from the cable companies (of the people who see it on the ceton tuner).

It's widespread, across providers, and has mostly been narrowed now to copy-once channels.

I just had a firmware update available in my Ceton...so you guys should check to see if you have one as well. I have not checked for a few weeks, so no idea when it came out.

Count one more in this group. Has me thinking about ditching the ceton for SD.

What's your new version?

Rew

Software Package: 1.5.4304.6
Diagnostic Tool: 1.5.0.0
PCIe Driver: 1.0.2.4
Firmware: 1.1.7.2
Hardware: 4884

Radio Shack sells many types of splitters some of which have ports specifically for different uses.