Aaron Ledger
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October 19, 2010 at 5:22 pm in reply to: How to adjust TMT3 brightness for DVD or Blu Ray playback? #28586
The Nvidia driver allows for you to override the video levels which may be the reason why TMT is too dark in your configuration.
If you haven’t already, you might want to check out our new calibration guide we just published today:
http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5225&Itemid=1
I need to watch the theatrical version of Apocalypse Now. The Redux version seemed to drag out too long. The beach scene is a classic…
I’m glad you all find this useful. I can’t wait to bring you part II!
Andrew, does the VT25 support DLNA, PlayTo and media files via USB?
Last night, I was copying some files over my home network and I noticed my C8000 showing up as an available network device in Win7. I “installed” the device in Win7 and then tried out PlayTo. It worked brilliantly and I may actually use it from time to time.
Mike, my Samsung C8000 buzzes and your S2 probably does as well. It is typical for plasmas to one degree or another. On my display, I really have to be listening for it to hear it and be closer to the display than my normal viewing distance. It is actually most noticeable with a mostly dark screen and high contrast stuff like when there is no input to the display and the “No input” dialog is displayed.
I think that if I hadn’t read extensively about plasma buzzing, this is likely something I never would have given thought to or really noticed. Ignorance is bliss… Although, the characteristics that I have observed with my display do not detract at all from my enjoyment of normal content viewing.
It is also true that the ambient noise level in the room will likely affect the perception of the buzz. I should get my SPL meter out and try to measure it.
FYI: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/458425-FCC_Votes_to_Change_CableCARD_Rules.php
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to catch the entire meeting, but I didn’t hear anything about software changes. Results are mostly positive I would say and had some compromises. I was also happy to hear them talking about some new department or something to that effect that will field consumer complaints and supposedly better enforce the mandates.
Wow, there’s a lot more to installing than I ever imagined. My cursory install of one of the betas just worked, but then I also was running it purely to check out the interface.
I’ve been telling my wife that I will buy The Hangover for her, but according to someone on blu-ray.com, this new version is the same disc as the original with different packaging/artwork and the CD as pointed out here.
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Well, I [b]did[/b] provide a link. 😛 Then again, there are some people who are in denial that more than two movies were made.
[/quote]Denial nothing, there were 3 Star Wars, 3 Indiana Jones and 2 Alien movies.
[/quote]One of those two Alien movies is when they battle the Predator, right?
Here’s another review posted by newfiend at TGB: http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gt-430-review/1
AMD’s open-source 3D initiative seems pretty interesting and seems noteworthy that they will support their 5xxx and perhaps even some 4xxx cards.
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[quote=”jmallory”]2.) Are you using a separate NIC for the HD Homerun? If so, what type? What you could be seeing is that while the HD Homerun is in place the HD Homerun is creating additional interrupts which is causing an additional load on the system.
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yea I am using an Intel gigabit nic plugged directly from that into my HD HR, no switches or hubs or anything like that.
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[/quote]Something to try if you haven’t done so is to set the interrupt moderation to extreme and increase the receive buffers. This would help to increase system resource availability to some degree.
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After going back and reviewing….I can only think of two things.1.) Some kind of driver issue between the HD Homerun and the Ceton (doubtful: I have this combination, as do many others, but I don’t use the HTPC for live TV too often but I haven’t seen what you are describing).
2.) Are you using a separate NIC for the HD Homerun? If so, what type? What you could be seeing is that while the HD Homerun is in place the HD Homerun is creating additional interrupts which is causing an additional load on the system.
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#2 is certainly possible. This is one reason why I was asking if the HDHR command-line debug tool had been run. It would be able to tell at least whether the issue was RF-related or network/system related. You can also use it to pump up the NIC, hard drive and system with more activity than normal and then check out system resources to see if something can be identified.
Something else to throw out there, is that I remember reading on TGB about a stuttering video if the broadcast is switching rapidly between 59.94 hz and 29.97 hz. It seems unlikely that it would only show up in this certain hardware configuration, but perhaps it is worth investigating.
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We need to get companies just to abandon TAs and come out with a better solution.
[/quote]Yep – it’s called “AllVid”.
[/quote]Aside from All Vid, there’s also another proposal on the table that is supposed be discussed this month at the FCC meeting. The proposal is to allow devices to be allowed to communicate to the cable head end via IP if the customer already has cable Internet.
http://hd.engadget.com/2010/09/23/fcc-to-bring-down-new-cablecard-rules-in-october-14th-meeting/
Have you used the HDHR and Ceton diagnostic tools. HDHR has some nice tools like the command-line tool to test the tuner and tell you the cause of the error. I can provide you the instruction if you’ve never used it before.
Since you work with RF, do you have access to a spectrum analyzer to verify whether there is some sort of interference at this frequency that is seemingly caused by the HDHR?
What does the diagram look like with the HDHR and other tuners?
Does the pixelation happen constantly or periodically. If periodically, is the frequency repeatable or random and how often is the period?
Does it happen when just viewing the CBS affiliate and not recording anything else?
If it is only your CBS affiliate having the issue, have you tried powering off any wireless transmission devices as a test?
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