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For the past month or so I have had a really weird picture phenomenon with my 6000. If you watch a Dish channel that is fairly compressed and the image is still (like a closeup of a face), you will see objects appear to move on their own as if possessed. For instance, hair may move around on a persons head, or a fence will move up and down, a lampshade will move around, etc.
I emailed Dish PQ and they told me what I was seeing is their "statistical multiplexing" at work. They allocate bandwidth to a channel depending on what the requirements are for that channel at a given moment in time. So if a lot of action is happening, that channel will receive more bandwidth and the others on that transponder will receive less.
Anyway, I have now noticed the same problem on 2 OTA channels: PBS and FOX. I was watching a clip of Pavorotti (SP?) on PBS the other night and he has a big hairdo and the hair looks as if it is floating around on top of his head. This is very annoying and I am appealing to other 6000 owners to see if you are experiencing this or to see If I have a defective unit.
The channels where this is very noticeable are: True, Love, Mystery and Action, but I have seen it on all channels except the HD and the best premium channels. It seems the problem does not exist with high bandwidth dedicated channels.
Please let me know if anyone else is seeing this.
Thanks in advance.
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"I want my HDTV Set!"
I emailed Dish PQ and they told me what I was seeing is their "statistical multiplexing" at work. They allocate bandwidth to a channel depending on what the requirements are for that channel at a given moment in time. So if a lot of action is happening, that channel will receive more bandwidth and the others on that transponder will receive less.
Anyway, I have now noticed the same problem on 2 OTA channels: PBS and FOX. I was watching a clip of Pavorotti (SP?) on PBS the other night and he has a big hairdo and the hair looks as if it is floating around on top of his head. This is very annoying and I am appealing to other 6000 owners to see if you are experiencing this or to see If I have a defective unit.
The channels where this is very noticeable are: True, Love, Mystery and Action, but I have seen it on all channels except the HD and the best premium channels. It seems the problem does not exist with high bandwidth dedicated channels.
Please let me know if anyone else is seeing this.
Thanks in advance.
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"I want my HDTV Set!"