Received my 622 last week...HD channels are pretty weak

[fenwah]

I received my 622 last week. It's a nice piece of equipment...but I am really disappointed with the HD quality of these stations. I guess I expected them to be a bit more clearer. Not too sure about a lot of the programming on the so called HD stations as well. The animated HD channel keeps playing Felix the Cat cartoons. The PC gaming channel is pretty good...but got a bit bored of it after 10 minutes. I guess I just expected better picture quality than this. I even hooked up my other HD tv and received a similar picture. HGTV HD looked pretty decent. ESPN HD looked pretty decent. TNT HD was okay (watched the Bristol race).

I hope I didn't piss away $200 to lease a HD DVR with a picture that doesn't look too HD. Oh well...football season is coming up...so hopefully my bitching will stop.

 

[mrhph]

Dude, set your 622 TV output to 1080i. Factory default setting is 480i which is NOT what you want for watching HD.

 

[riffjim4069]

Yep, check your output setting. If you're already outputting at 1080i, then welcome to DishHD-Lite.

 

[fenwah]

Dude, set your 622 TV output to 1080i. Factory default setting is 480i which is NOT what you want for watching HD.

Changed that right away after I got it...using HDMI cable with 1080i. After reading that long thread on HD-Lite, I guess that this is what we get. Yes, it's much better than SD...but I guess I thought it would be better. Does anyone else get much out of the VOOM programming? Perhaps I haven't given it enough time.

 

[NOHDjunkie]

Changed that right away after I got it...using HDMI cable with 1080i. After reading that long thread on HD-Lite, I guess that this is what we get. Yes, it's much better than SD...but I guess I thought it would be better. Does anyone else get much out of the VOOM programming? Perhaps I haven't given it enough time.

No you're not alone. VOOM pretty much sucks. I watch a couple things on RAVE and maybe one movie on Filmfest every couple of months..... but thats about it.