1-1 Sound problems

[Tom Snyder]

CBS 58 Digital OTA sound is popping like crazy... Hack and CSI... is the problem on my end, or are others having the same problem?

[Spiderick]

Same here. I had to switch to 58 analog just to keep my sanity.


Spiderick

[FreQi]

I was trying to watch Hack but gave up after wondering what was wrong with my computer. Good to know it wasn't me afterall.

[MarkS]

I'm having the same problem. Even with a signal of 78, the sound dropouts on CSI and Hack were so bad it rendered them unwatchable.

This seems to have started after the NCAA multicasting. Prior to that I never had problems with 1-1.

Anyone know Jim Hall's email address so I can express my displeasure?

[FreQi]

Damn it, it's doing it again. King of Queens and Yes Dear are a total bust. I expect ELRay, Still Standing and CSI-Miami will be a waste too.

[FreQi]

I just called their newsroom and spoke with guy that said he'd "call up there and see what's going on". So he called someone in "Master Control" who said he didn't know anything about it and is looking into it right now. I don't know what the problem/solution is, but I'm supposed to call later and maybe he'll know what was wrong. *shrug*

[JimmyBond]

Update

9:00pm CSI:Miami

Sound still fluttering over air and over cable.

[Tom Snyder]

It was fine over the weekend (at least during Touched by an Angel)

[Tom Sielicki]

Yes it is really annoying. My wife keeps asking me why they cannot get their act together. She really likes Raymond and we had to watch the analog signal.

[FreQi]

I've all but given up on the channel for the time being. Did anyone tune in over the last couple days to see if their HD broadcasts have good audio yet?

[Tom Snyder]

Jim Hall told me that they were aware of the problem. It existed bewteen them and the network... not a local transmission issue. It appears to be fixed.

CSI and Without a Trace were fine on Thursday night, and Hack was good last night as well.

[bigcheeshead]

Could someone please call in to CBS to see what the problem with the sound is, or provide me with the number? I'm watching the RISE of Hitler Sunday May 18th and the sound is horrendous. Thx.

[bigcheeshead]

That was interesting. At 8:30 the screen freezes I hear a loud POP and then the sound problem is gone. I sent them an email 10 minutes earlier but I doubt they've listened that quickly. Someone else must've called. So thx.

[FreQi]

DAMN IT.

[Kevin Arnold]

I noted the same sound problem on Hitler last night, rendering the program unwatchable on the HD channel. I switched to Madison HD (ch 50) and they had no problem with picture or sound. This really needs to be fixed and fixed fast.....

[StarvingForHDTV]

I'm still getting the sub channels 1-4,1-5,1-6 though no content on them. Maybe that has something to do with the sound problem. I don't remember any sound issues before those sub channels were created. Those extra channels haven't been used in a long time, they should be taken off the air IMO. It's annoying to flip through them on my way to 4-1.

Starving

[FreQi]

It's really quite frustrating to encounter these sound problems over and over. I was trying to convince some people how excellent HDTV is, so I planned on giving them something to compare their analog feeds to. They were planning on watching the Hitler specials, so I recorded part 1, but with the bad audio, it doesn't really bode to well for HDTV as a reliable source yet. Now instead of watching part 2 like I intended, I'll just tune in to Watching Ellie on NBC (It's non-hd, but at least I can trust it won't be screwed up).

[digdugm]

I recorded both part one and part two, watched them the other day. The first thirty minutes of part were BAD, but after that it was perfect, and part two was perfect. I thought it was my computer, so really relieved to here it was them not me. Great show any how.

[FreQi]

Is it just me or was the audio on CBS bad again last night? I wanted to catch that new series Charlie Lawrence so I recorded it, but the audio was crap. Popping and cracking... I eventually gave up on it.

Now instead of watching episode 2 next week, I'll tune in to ABC's rerun of Alias.

[StarvingForHDTV]

Yep sound was crap again, not just you.

Starving

[wxndave]

Was this OTA or TWC? TWC has been having audio problems with some of their boxes.

Dave

[FreQi]

I was referring to OTA dTV