Washed out/Soft HD picture?

[bmitie]

Hi OP if its any consolation I have just got an xtrend 1000hd and have found same problem as you, poor pic quality. Did you resolve it and if so how? Also with the 4 tiners have you gone 2 x sat and 2 x C hybrid. There is a reference in manual that says a certain congig cant be used but it has me a bit stumped. I am awaiting 2 x hybrids. VIx image 4.1.16 or june cant recall exact numbers.

[meherenow]

Hi OP if its any consolation I have just got an xtrend 1000hd and have found same problem as you, poor pic quality. Did you resolve it and if so how? Also with the 4 tiners have you gone 2 x sat and 2 x C hybrid. There is a reference in manual that says a certain congig cant be used but it has me a bit stumped. I am awaiting 2 x hybrids. VIx image 4.1.16 or june cant recall exact numbers.

Nah, I never resolved it, the pic still looks soft in HD - and in the intervening months I've changed my TV and AV amp.

I'm loathe/lazy to reflash from scratch especially as I hear there are some probs with the latest openvix.

I have all 4 tuners working, I have the 2 hybrids side by side at the back left edge (A and B) and then the 2 sats together nearer the middle (C and D) and it all works fine (except I still have this annoying boot from deep standby to record and the unit will just remain on, NOT go back to normal standby while recording, meaning it won't return to deep standby when recording is finished - I have all my updates for channels/guide etc set for 4 in the morning so it shouldn't be that - ho hum, maybe I'll get round to flashing it at some point..)

Hope that helps.

[Rob van der Does]

.....as I hear there are some probs with the latest openvix.

Such as....?

[meherenow]

Such as....?

...this

http://www.world-of-satellite.com/sh...uality-vix-4-2

I don't fancy being too much of a beta tester, I do enough of that in my real life.

Bearing in mind you were the one who also told me my timer wake/standby issue was only my box as yours are fine, ( http://www.world-of-satellite.com/sh...ing-in-standby ) yet several boxes do it, it's a hardware issue according to your compadre a few posts ago, birdman...

[birdman]

...it's a hardware issue according to your compadre a few posts ago, birdman...

...and has always been there, so is nothing to do with any recent Vix release and hence is not a "some probs with the latest openvix" issue.

[birdman]

(except I still have this annoying boot from deep standby to record and the unit will just remain on, NOT go back to normal standby while recording, meaning it won't return to deep standby when recording is finished

Several boxes do this. It's a hardware issue.
What I do is to set up Power timers to put the box back to Standby after an hour of inactivity and Deep Standby after 15 mins in Standby.

[meherenow]

I would give that a try, but would that not mean that if I'm watching something over an hour long then the message will pop up onscreen telling me the box is about to power off?

I'd just be replacing one minor annoyance for another in that case.