| [TV] Alert: Sun outages expected this week said by »myservices.timewarnercable.com :Sun outages expected this week
Solar interference, or sun outage, is expected between October 2nd and October 9th this autumn. Solar interference can affect TV services in the spring and fall every year and causes the degradation or loss of satellite signals for short periods of time, up to 15 minutes each day, for 5-7 days. Learn More > Anyone else finding it amusing that satellite interference might disrupt cable service?
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| said by mackey:said by »myservices.timewarnercable.com :Sun outages expected this week
Solar interference, or sun outage, is expected between October 2nd and October 9th this autumn. Solar interference can affect TV services in the spring and fall every year and causes the degradation or loss of satellite signals for short periods of time, up to 15 minutes each day, for 5-7 days. Learn More > Anyone else finding it amusing that satellite interference might disrupt cable service? /M not amusing it affects all providers due to the sun hitting the satellite dishes at the headend or regional downlink site at a certain angle to overpower the receiver and cause the signal to fade happens every year nothing new. |
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| reply to mackey
Wonder if this could be why I am seeing some macroblocking now and then the past few days? Signals are good, but on a few channels now and then I'll see a few lines going across the screen  |
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| said by MeInDallas:Wonder if this could be why I am seeing some macroblocking now and then the past few days? Signals are good, but on a few channels now and then I'll see a few lines going across the screen
probably yesterday afternoon (Friday) MTV HD had no video but the sound was working so it may have been caused by the outage. |
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| reply to motorola870
Yeah, amusing was the wrong word. Anyone else finding it ironic that satellite interference might disrupt cable service?
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Webster, NY | said by mackey:Anyone else finding it ironic that satellite interference might disrupt cable service?
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No. |
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| reply to mackey
i do, but you know they'll make it up with a tape delay |
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