h8verizonDSL
Had fiber today
join:2005-02-25
Middletown, DE
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Re: Decrease in HD "Sharp"ness
Hey JeepMatt,
My wife noticed when watching TNT HD NBA last night, the court does not have the polished look like it used to. I watched portions of the game and noticed the court shine flickers. We would like this fixed ASAP.  |
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
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join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE | Yeah H8 - they all look like stretched SD channels now. I'm really upset.
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Lee GWB
Yaco
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join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ | Any comment from VZ?
Lee |
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
Premium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
 ·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | Their first reply was - the Network Team looked at the HD channels and they were "fine".
Now that I Have more ammo to give them - I hope I get a real answer this time.
I won't know though until this afternoon at the earliest, as Gustavo is in CA and doesn't start the Direct threads until the PM. |
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noping
no route to host
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join:2007-01-09
·Verizon FIOS
| I don't have a HD box so I'm missing out on all the fun it seems. Shame.
They (network technicians) always initially say things are "fine" even when there's a problem until you raise a big stink about the problem. (See: the HBO VOD problem that I was experiencing, and I'm still experiencing, and will apparently continue to experience until August).
Maybe it's time for a bunch of users here to file complaints with the presidential appeal/complaint number about the crappy service around the Philly area? |
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Hooper
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join:2001-10-22
Villanova, PA
| said by noping  :I don't have a HD box so I'm missing out on all the fun it seems. Shame. They (network technicians) always initially say things are "fine" even when there's a problem until you raise a big stink about the problem. (See: the HBO VOD problem that I was experiencing, and I'm still experiencing, and will apparently continue to experience until August). Maybe it's time for a bunch of users here to file complaints with the presidential appeal/complaint number about the crappy service around the Philly area? I might file a complaint about the VOD service in general. It is like watching a you tube video with all the compression/encoding. Where is all this bandwidth we hear about? |
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
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join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
1 edit | Still fuzzy tonight. Hopefully they're looking into it! |
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
Premium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
·Verizon FIOS
| I think we may be in business.
After hanging outside a bit, and coming back in, all of a sudden, Food HD has that pop again.
Perhaps the problem has been fixed! 
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JPL
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join:2007-04-04
West Chester, PA | I was going to say, I'm watching NGC HD, and it looks really really good - Ferraris in HD... very cool. |
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KA3SGM
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join:2006-01-17
West Chester, PA
clubs: | reply to JeepMatt
Jeep. I Dunno bout' dat.
FoodHD looks BETTER, but HGTVHD looks the same. Still looks WORSE than it originally was. Maybe it's only the current program. I'll keep watching.
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
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join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
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Hooper
Premium
join:2001-10-22
Villanova, PA
| said by JeepMatt :KA- MHD has that pop again this morning as well. I think we're back. I was watching the Tudors on SHO HD last night and it looked very grainy.
BTW I also got around to watching LOST last evening. All I can say is WOW. Comcast's local HD feeds SUCK compared to this. |
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
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join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
·Verizon FIOS
2 edits | I'm off today-
And it looks like we're back to where we were last night. Something was switched again.
The grainy-ness is back...the sharpness is gone.
Grrrrr...
AND - even though they acknowledge the problem as of yesterday - apparently i'm the only who's actually opened a ticket regarding it.
SO - anyone else out there in PA / DE - please call in and open a ticket - or put a thread in the Direct forum here. |
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
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join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
·Verizon FIOS
2 edits | It's amazing.
I'm watching the same exact show this AM that was on Food HD last night - and the picture is much worse.
Can't get much better of a comparison than that!
Showtime HD looks like garbage.
I really hope they come through today and fix this.
Verizon! I have THIRTY people coming to a BBQ this weekend that will see FIOS TV...will they see a great picture that was back for a short time last night? Or the dull grainy one I have yet again today?
Hope you decide on the former! |
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KA3SGM
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join:2006-01-17
West Chester, PA
clubs:
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| Jeep, we are heading into a 3 day weekend.
What do you want to bet they will leave at 5PM tonight, and not give it another thought until Tuesday??
Another typical Fios TV weekend in Philly.
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
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join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE | As of 2:00pm Eastern - still garbage.
KA-
I now see what you mean - some of the SD channels even look worse too.
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RAH
join:2007-03-16
West Chester, PA | HD channels look ok to me at 4:30 PM - channel 3 (news), ESPN, ESPN2, DiscoveryHD all looking very good. FoodHD - I have seen better, but it might be the production not the broadcast. |
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
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join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
·Verizon FIOS
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Nope, you're seeing it on Food.
It isn't affecting ALL channels. Stations like Food and HGTV HD you notice it the most b/c they are some of the channels that are sent at the highest HD resolution.
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nhey
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join:2005-11-19
Trenton, NJ | I've also noticed a drop-off in picture quality. I noticed it first on the NBC evening news a few days ago.
Guess all that bandwidth went bye bye. |
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JPL
Premium
join:2007-04-04
West Chester, PA
·Verizon FIOS
| I gotta think that all this is happening for a reason. They're probably trying to install new equipment and are hitting problems. I have no doubt that it will clear up in the near future. Maybe trying to figure out how to offer HD VOD, or something like that? Although, to be honest, I haven't noticed much difference, if any. |
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