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OK, you guys really really need a good laugh...the following is a reply from an Elizabeth Fasolino of HBO regarding the annoying audio dropouts on DD 5.1 movies that I complained to them about in January. My original message is at the bottom of this post. Kind of redefines "clueless" for all of us no? http://www.avsforum.com/ubb/smile.gif
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Thank you for writing to HBO.
The Dolby Digital audio format includes some parameters that are set by the user (typically in "preferences") for things like audio-output dynamic range. A large drop like this typically is the result of setting the receiver / decoder to "TV (or sometimes called RF) mode" and connecting the receiver to a hi-fi.
Sincerely, [email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 5:31 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Audio Dropouts on HBO-HD!!!
I watched the film "Any Given Sunday" on HBO-HD West on 1/26/01
and experienced frequent and VERY annoying audio dropouts during
the telecast. I use a 4DTV/HDD200 C-band receiver setup to watch
HBO-HD. I checked on my favorite HDTV Internet forum ( www.avsforum.com ) and read accounts of many others who watched the same telecast (and who receive HBO-HD from a variety of sources including DirecTV, Dish Network, and Time/Warner Cable) and they all reported hearing the same audio dropout problems. Thus the problem is obviously on HBO's end. Please have your engineers look at this issue, as it has been an on and off problem since HBO first began transmitting in HD.
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STOP DVI/HDCP; Boycott JVC
[This message has been edited by RickD_99 (edited 03-13-2001).]
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Thank you for writing to HBO.
The Dolby Digital audio format includes some parameters that are set by the user (typically in "preferences") for things like audio-output dynamic range. A large drop like this typically is the result of setting the receiver / decoder to "TV (or sometimes called RF) mode" and connecting the receiver to a hi-fi.
Sincerely, [email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 5:31 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Audio Dropouts on HBO-HD!!!
I watched the film "Any Given Sunday" on HBO-HD West on 1/26/01
and experienced frequent and VERY annoying audio dropouts during
the telecast. I use a 4DTV/HDD200 C-band receiver setup to watch
HBO-HD. I checked on my favorite HDTV Internet forum ( www.avsforum.com ) and read accounts of many others who watched the same telecast (and who receive HBO-HD from a variety of sources including DirecTV, Dish Network, and Time/Warner Cable) and they all reported hearing the same audio dropout problems. Thus the problem is obviously on HBO's end. Please have your engineers look at this issue, as it has been an on and off problem since HBO first began transmitting in HD.
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STOP DVI/HDCP; Boycott JVC
[This message has been edited by RickD_99 (edited 03-13-2001).]