American Idol Breakups??

[gb4fan92]

All throughout American Idol I had picture freezing, breakups and hic-ups. It was the worst I've ever experienced. Just wondering if others had the same problem or is it finally time to take the old SA8000HD in for an exchange. :bang:  :bang:  :bang:

[Milwaukee12]

You are not alone.  Good thing we had FOX5 on D* for backup.

[borghe]

I am actually very pleased to see that you TWC guys were having problems. At least I know it was related to WITI and not just OTA users.

FOX 6 is definitely the worst full power station when it comes to bad weather. it will break up constantly during such weather. Lost recorded last night 100% with no breakups, yet parts of Idol were jumbled messes.

Does anyone know if there is any chance of this improving? My wife is one rainstorm away from just recording everything in the living room on analog 6 instead.

though once D* comes out with their MPEG4 DVR at least I will have that as an HD local backup. hopefully soon.

[LoadStar]

Hey - be glad that they decided NOT to drop down to SD to show the weather graphics... I was surprised that they'd decide to do that. Guess they were afraid of ****ing off the largest audience that station has ever seen.

[Milwaukee12]

I am actually very pleased to see that you TWC guys were having problems. At least I know it was related to WITI and not just OTA users.

FOX 6 is definitely the worst full power station when it comes to bad weather. it will break up constantly during such weather. Lost recorded last night 100% with no breakups, yet parts of Idol were jumbled messes.

Does anyone know if there is any chance of this improving? My wife is one rainstorm away from just recording everything in the living room on analog 6 instead.

though once D* comes out with their MPEG4 DVR at least I will have that as an HD local backup. hopefully soon.

Actually, it happens even on a clear day, which I don't understand.

[brewtownska]

In Waukesha, I actually LOST my cable signal.  I'm not an American Idol watcher, but that's the channel that was on when I turned on my TV around 8:30-8:40pm.  A few minutes into it (during the storm, of course), my TV screen turned to snow.  I checked a few channels, all the same thing.  So I did what I should have been doing in the first place...switch over the the HD version on my OTA receiver.  Still got the breakups you were all talking about, but at least I had a picture.

I thought to myself how many people lost their cable signal like I did, and how many were going to be upset it happened during the finale of that show.  After the show was over at 9pm, I switched back over to TWC's analog signal, and it was working again.  So I have no idea how long it was out.

Mike

[Youth Minister]

I am actually very pleased to see that you TWC guys were having problems. At least I know it was related to WITI and not just OTA users.

FOX 6 is definitely the worst full power station when it comes to bad weather. it will break up constantly during such weather. Lost recorded last night 100% with no breakups, yet parts of Idol were jumbled messes.

Does anyone know if there is any chance of this improving? My wife is one rainstorm away from just recording everything in the living room on analog 6 instead.

though once D* comes out with their MPEG4 DVR at least I will have that as an HD local backup. hopefully soon.

D* was no answer last night either as my Tivo'd copy of Lost had huge gaps due to loss of signal during the storm.  At least two different 6-8 min segments weren't taped.  :bang:

[beeper]

The technical problems during American Idol were not necessarily weather related
in all areas.

Fox 6's HD problem of short audio dropouts accompanied by sections of horizontal lines of pixalation have been occuring regularly for weeks during pristine weather conditions. Also occuring regularly is the complete loss of signal for a short period
of time.  This occured again last night long before the storm was near me or between my antenna and the broadcast antenna.

Beeper