Grammy Picture quality

[Ragsy]

I had lots and lots of video pixellation on the grammys tonight. I'd guess betweeen 10-15 times I had substantial pixellation. I was watching it on 2-1 OTA Los Angeles. I didn't check the satellite HD feed, but I would bet it was the same. Anybody else experience this pixellation???

[nobbie]

Yep, they call that macro-blocking. I'm not sure. I saw a lot of that during the strobe lights and fog. My understanding is that with the compression effected to save on bandwidth, that's what happens. I was watching through DirecTV, so I probably saw more of it. What was more bothersome was the sound and video dropping out for a few seconds every now and then. Anybody else see this? :(

[MD_TIVO]

I watched it OTA. I did see some distortion a couple of times when the lights were flashing. I also noticed several times that the picture seemed to drift in and out of focus. Did anyone else notice the focusing problem?

[Jupiterhead]

Yea, I had the pixel problem (with strobes) and focus - noticed it mainly on the Faith Hill segment. I suspect the cameraman was distracted.....

[Cruzan]

I had lots and lots of video pixellation on the grammys tonight. I'd guess betweeen 10-15 times I had substantial pixellation. I was watching it on 2-1 OTA Los Angeles. I didn't check the satellite HD feed, but I would bet it was the same. Anybody else experience this pixellation???

I thought it was gorgeous. There were times with the fog during the McCartney segment where I saw typical digital artifacts, but they I only noticed because there were so few.

[richardL]

I got the video/audio dropouts maybe 5 -6 times during the show. One time was just as the Album of the Year was announced (for U2), if I recall.

The macro blocking was to be expected with the strobes and fog - you'd think they would cut down on that knowing how digital signals love that stuff.

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[disco]

Glad to hear I wasn't the only one with several audio/video dropouts (and this was on a H20 HDTV receiver)....I was beginning to think I had to reaim the dish.

[srt]

What was more bothersome was the sound and video dropping out for a few seconds every now and then. Anybody else see this? :(
Yes, I was wondering if I had hdmi problem.
I think it is a tragedy that the sound has to be going thrugh the av reciever to take advantage of the dd sound though...

[IndyTom]

Did anyone else notice (using the 5.1 sound) that during the live performances, the band was louder than the vocalist? I like a very balanced sound, but this seemed tilted.

Was this specific to my setup or did anyone else notice this?