Digital cable

Willow
Willow Posts: 11,064
edited November 2004 in Electronics
ever since we got the dig cable I have noticed that some of the picture breaks up. is this normal ?
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2004
    Originally posted by Willow
    ever since we got the dig cable I have noticed that some of the picture breaks up. is this normal ?

    With my digital cable, I have this happen RARELY, but for a while it was happening more often. I called Comcast, and they came and replaced the box as well as one of the splitters coming into the house. So if it's happening noticably often (like, more than once or twice a viewing session) I'd call and complain. You're paying enough for that crap.... :)
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,064
    edited November 2004
    thanks glad to know it happens/happened to others. I think I will bring my box back and get a new one cause my svideo cable is very loose in the box connection it's not a snug fit !
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  • leog
    leog Posts: 25
    edited November 2004
    I have standard cable. No dig box and it happens regularly, pic goes all pictulated. have to call rogers, pain in the **** when watching movies.
    Marantz SR5400 AVR 6.1
    Toshiba SD3750 DVD
    PSB Image 5T (fronts)
    POLK CSi3 (center)
    RTi4s (surrounds)
    PSW 404
    RTi4 (rear center)
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,064
    edited November 2004
    hmm that's who I have too....I thought it just happened when I got dig cable....good to know....looks like I'll be on hold for a long time tonight
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  • doubled
    doubled Posts: 6
    edited November 2004
    yep, it's happening on my rogers box(es) out here on the east coast too.
    RCA 52 something or other
    Sony STR-DE945
    CS245i (center)
    RTi 70 (A speakers)
    RTi 150 (B speakers)
    RTi 38 (surround)
    PSW 202 (sub 1)
    PSW 250 (sub 2)
    Rogers Hi-def/5.1 digital cable
    Direct TV Hi-def/5.1 satalite
    Zenith DVD
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  • bknauss
    bknauss Posts: 1,441
    edited November 2004
    Happens to me rarely also on Comcast. It looks like the video of the reporters during the early weeks of the current Iraq war (especially when those guys were on the tanks or Humvees).

    For the price of Comcast, and given that my 3 month low price for everything is about to go away, DirecTV is looking like a great thing!
    Brian Knauss
    ex-Electrical Engineer for Polk
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2004
    Cable is satellite fed... Sometimes the incoming feed breaks up and when it does, so will your picture.

    It happens on DirectTV as well.
    More later,
    Tour...
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