I just converted from Comcast cable to Verizon Fios. I'm running an HDMI cable from the cable box to the TV. When I flip to HD stations, something wierd happens to the picture.
Sometimes it's okay and sometimes either the picture is shifted 1/3 of the way right to I see the left 2/3rds of the picture and the right 1/3 of the screen is blank, or the picture is centered but the green box with the station info is shifted to the right and is jittery.
When I turn the TV off and on again, with the cable box left on an HD station, the picture comes in perfect. I can then switch from HD station to HD station with no problem.
I would guess that some of the screen coordinates are getting mucked up some how and the TV is misinterpreting some of the digital information. I heard that the HDMI standard is still evolving. I wonder if there's an incompatibility between the box and the TV.
The off/on is an easy workaround but it would be nice if there's a permanent solution.
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Topic - HD TV picture problems with switching to HD station - kvk 06:31:27 06/14/07 (11)
- It could be an HDMI handshake issue or a STB problem - Jack G 10:39:24 06/14/07 (2)
- RE: It could be an HDMI handshake issue or a STB problem - kvk@rcn.com 18:35:10 06/14/07 (1)
- Yes - Jack G 05:17:28 06/15/07 (0)
- HD still not ready for prime time. - GTF 08:12:14 06/14/07 (7)
- RE: HD still not ready for prime time. - Wendell Narrod 08:19:32 06/16/07 (0)
- "Because NBC is not broadcasting their HD signal correctly." The network, or the local? - clarkjohnsen 13:11:29 06/15/07 (3)
- I lived in NY and now Florida - GTF 13:17:25 06/15/07 (2)
- In that case it may be some damn flag or the like that's imbedded to Atlanta's dislike. nt - clarkjohnsen 13:25:06 06/15/07 (1)
- I've email SA about the problems. They never responded. - GTF 08:22:53 06/16/07 (0)
- Have you ever tried satellite ? - oscar 21:11:04 06/14/07 (0)
- You're getting a 2nd hand signal from the cable co. - blue_z 11:22:51 06/14/07 (0)