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It worked fine with my samsung lcd monitor at 720p, 480p and even 1080i.

On the SE20HD the 480p and 1080i timings were off a bit, with a line of blue pixels across the very bottom. This happens with my HTPC as well but I can fix it with powerstrip.

Are you sure the DVI on your LCD is DVI-D? Additionally, while my Samsung LCD is a 19:9 display and works I've found that my 4:3 Dell LCD display will not display a 16:9 aspect image via DVI.

Curtisb,

I live in Kirkland (98034) and I have both Cinemax and Starz HD. Only VOD is missing, and the cable box is still running on 2.48 FW.

Curtis if you're getting OMP on those channels that means there is a signal issue you need to call in and have them troubleshoot the problem.

I guess our best bet is to request a 6200 box as we seemed to have been forgotten for ANY updates. Its my understanding that the 6200 comes with the latest firmware preinstalled.

It came loaded on mine. I'm in Woodinville. I like the new box a lot better. The quality on both SD and HD channels looks better to me. I think I had one of the first generation 5100 boxes. The only problem is I'm getting a crackling sound on the non Dolby Digital channels for some reason. I don't know if it's the box or setting. I sure hope it's a setting.

BTW, I told them I needed a fireware port (even though I don't know if I'll ever use it.) That way they were pretty much forced to give me a new box. First he tried to tell me I already had that (he called first) then when I told him I didn't he called back and asked if the firewire port goes by another name. lol I don't know how these guys get to be techs.

Anybody notice any drastic decrease in cable-modem performance since these updates started rolling out? Thursday is when I first noticed my cable modem speed came to a grinding halt.

Yes I'm sure it's DVD-D. In fact, this monitor can't handle analog signals of any kind. It only has DVI and ADC inputs.

My guess is that only widescreen LCDs know how to handle 16:9 resolutions via DVI for the most part. Perhaps there are a few 4:3 displays that are also "HDTV aware".

Even my CRT was only just barely able to display the signal in the sense that I had to adjust the vertical size down as far as it would possibly go to squeeze the anamorphic picture down to the proper 16:9 aspect ratio.

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Steve

OK, I'm in 98033 so I assume it is just me. Before I call are these channels extra and I just missed that post? I have the digital package with HBO and Showtime and I get all the other channels right around both of them (the other Starz and such). I am just asking because I left it on the OMP message for a while and it finally came up with some message about having to order StarzHD West.

I just activated Starz! HD today. It seems like they're taking 2.35:1 movies and just cropping them on the sides rather than letterboxing to get 16:9. I noticed this both on Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and now on Phenomenon. On the opening credits you can even see that the beginning and end of the text is chopped off.

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Steve

I am in West Seattle. I have a recently installed 6200 with 7.07, but VOD is not on the menu. Upstairs I have a plain SD box that has functioning VOD, and the firmware shows as 7.72.

I also have the audio crackling on the 6200 mentioned above. Seems to only be on channels below 100. It appears on all outputs, analog and digital.

Got 5100 swapped to 6200 here in Woodinville and now able to record to JVK30K. Have only done "test" recording and playback. One time was INHD and during playback there was some pixelization within the 2 minute clip. I have JVC30K Firewired to T165 and playback 6200 recordings via it. JVC30k has firewire input on front (6200) and one on rear (T165). JVC30K operates as I-3. Standalone to T165 is I-1. Interesting fun so far.

No VOD as apperently the capability has not been activated for Woodinville yet.

Hmm, you are right. It's only the channels under 100. Anyone know what this problem is? Drives me nuts.

is 6200 the box that will have built in recording? does it support recording hdtv?

No, and thus no. 6208 will record, including HDTV. Supposedly, we in the Seattle area will have to wait for 6408, which will be like 6208 with a dual tuner, so you can record one show while watching another. They will have 80GB of disk storage, and can record about 7 hours of HD. Too bad they don't increase that, but by the time they get around to supplying us, perhaps they will.

Since my 5100 just got updated, I went out today and picked up a DVI cable. Couldn't wait to see what it looked like on my Sony 42" plasma. Well lo and behold, there's no DVI connector on the back of my 5100. Dang!!! I've had it for over a year (one of the first to get it in Renton), but you'd think they'd at least put the connector on the rear on all the units. I'll be on the phone tomorrow with Comcast....geez

I've been testing my newly aquired DCT6200. Mystery crackling sound that comes & goes? The PQ via the DVI port is the sharpest, but I needed to tweak some settings & only works on 480p or higher (not 480i). The PQ via S-VIDEO & COAX improved as well.

HELP!!! I can't seem to get any signal from the FIREWIRE port?!?

4u,

What are you feeding the firewire to?

Bill

Hey, I have the exact same problem.
I just got a 6200 a couple weeks ago. I noticed the crackling/popping & my wife thought it was my speakers &/or amp-but they are brand new. So, I had the cable guy come out last week to check it out & he had no idea what it was. He said he had not had any other complaints & of course it didn't do it when he was there . But it's still doing it. I'm now kinda glad I'm no the only one who has the problem. Any body else have any ideas why it's doing it?

The CSR wouldn't upgrade my box to one that has DVI. Said they aren't doing that. So I made an appointment complaining about the poor picture quality. (The analog is very poor on my set.)

The technician checked my signal and said it was very strong; he agreed about the picture quality (he said his HDTV is the same way), but he didn't have a DVI cable box and didn't think the DVI ports worked yet.

Guess I'll just have to wait a bit longer ...

(in Redmond)

I have seen a few threads here and elsewhere about the audio crackling. From what I can gather it was introduced with the 7.07 upgrade. Several people have noted that the problem appeared after their box was upgraded. Since chan 2-99 are analog, it would seem some sort of clocking glitch was introduced in the audio A to D conversion with 7.07.

BTW, I have a 6200 w/7.07 and no VOD. My other standard SD box has functioning VOD, and firmware 7.72.

Did anyone else have audio issues on 104 last night watching the Oscars?

I had complete audio loss for 20 - 30 seconds multiple times, the commercials were significantly louder than the show (my system which is supposed to level audio couldn't handle the difference) and there were significant periods of audio not synching with video.

What a mess....at least the picture was crystal clear....

metz520,

The Oscars looked and sounded crystal clear to us, except for an occasional video glitch that happened once or twice during the whole show. We didn't experienced any of the sound glitches you did. FYI: we have the 6200 with the 7.07 update on them. Do you experience those glitches often?

BTW, I was drooling when I saw the amount of details we could see on the stage background. It's the first time I'm watching the Oscars on HD and I wasn't disappointed.

-eric

Still no firmware update in Auburn.. Has anyone received the firmware 7.07 update on a 5100 box that has/had 2.48. The article in the PI last week stated that VOD would be rolled out in Auburn last week.

About DVI vs Component.

I had 5 A/V savvy guys yesterday at my place and I finally tried to compare the DVI vs Component output on the 6200.

Equipment:
- Mot 6200 with the 7.07 update, set for 720p output
- InFocus 7200 DLP PJ (native 1280 X 720)
- Good quality component monster cable (4m, ~$125)
- InFocus 5m DVI/M1-DA cable

After a good dozen times back and forth between the two outputs using an InHD good quality show as signal, none of us could detect any difference between the two outputs (I did have to recalibrate the PJ setting for the DVI output as the brightness was a lot higher than the component output for some reason).

IMHO, changing the component cable from the crappy one that Comcast is providing to a decent one had a much more drastic improvement over the image quality than switching to DVI. I definitly don't get the day-and-night improvement that some of you experienced.

-eric

No crackling here on 2-99.

I did have a few audio/video dropouts last night during the Oscar's but it quickly resolved itself and looked great from there on.

My beef with the audio dropouts last night was the timing of them. One was just as Renee Z. was announced as the best supporting actress. The audio cut out so you couldn't hear the applause as she went to the stage. I forget when the other one was, but it also was a moment you didn't want to miss.

Jeremy;
do the SD boxes use a different firmware? I am curious why mine shows 7.72. Also trying to understand why the SD box has VOD, but my 6200 w/7.07 does not.

re: audio crackling

Very curious that most people don't seem to be having the problem. There must be some common issue with those that do. If I run the cable straight into my Sony 46wt500, the audio on 2-99 is fine. On the 6200, the random clicks appear on both digital outs as well as the analog. I am using the same cables that the replaced 5100 was using, and it had no such problem.

Jeremy/Al Shing/metz520

I did miss the first hour or so of the Oscars. Were all the dropouts at the start of the show?

-eric