I just got dish installed and sometimes think that I notice very slight ghosting on sd channels, especially where dark colors contrast with white, such as black text on a white background. Sometimes I think I just imagine the whole thing because I have to have things so perfect. Can anyone tell me what might cause this and what to do about it?
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Let me guess, this happens more often on you local TV channels too?
I think tha this is a result of over compress MPEG2. I was watching Lost the other night and in Dark scenes, someone's ghostly face would remain on the screen after the camera angle would change. It would then finally "clear up" after a few moments.
I think tha this is a result of over compress MPEG2. I was watching Lost the other night and in Dark scenes, someone's ghostly face would remain on the screen after the camera angle would change. It would then finally "clear up" after a few moments.
Yeah, I actually do see it a little more on locals, especially fox for some reason. But I do just barely notice it on other channels, for example I was watching Icons on G4 the other day and the title Icons was black over a bright yellow background and it seemed to either just be intended that way or there was obvious ghosting.
mstone23 said:
Sometimes the locals look bad because DISH uses a vendor to pick up the local signal (using an OTA antenna) and send it back to their uplink center. It might help to send an e-mail to DishQuality@Echostar.com and tell them about your problem with ghosting on your locals. They may be able to get their vendor to re-aim their antenna to fix the ghosting.
As for other ghosting it could be due to the way that you have your TV hooked up to your satellite receiver. Are you using the RF connection instead of the composite (RCA) connections? If you have an s-video connection on your TV you should be using that to get the "best" picture from your satellite receiver.
Thanks for all the replies. Dish is hooked up by dvi on my rptv, component on a 32 hd sony, and coaxial on an older rca. I can notice it on all three. I was thinking maybe I could use better more expensive dvi and component cables and that might help a bit, or maybe use better coaxial cable from the dish to the back of the receivers themselves. Does anyone know if this would help?
Neither will help, if it really bothers you complain to DISH it is the signal they are sending to you not the signal your receiver has processed.mstone23 said:
ww2154 said:
In the last several months I have noticed that the locals are REALLY getting bad. I have complained twice and I have notice that they have improved them a little but they are no where near a good as they should be or as "good" as they are on cable (which really isn't that good).
