NBC - audio problems lately?

No issues with any nbc stuff here in a very long time. last year every law and order had a HD issue with them not throwing the switch but that's resolved now

 

Last night during Kath & Kim there was a few seconds of static bad enough to not hear the lines. It's pretty unusual so i want to assume it was ether Comcast, the local affiliate or NBC.

 

I'm in Alpharetta, GA and have noticed this as well, though my static wasn't very loud but only in the rear speakers. I've got a Tivo HD with 2 s-cards from Comcast and a pioneer receiver. I'd say there's a good chance it is NBC's feed or Comcast since I don't have the issue on any other channel and my setup hasn't changed.

 

During Office and 30 Rock last night the picture kept going out and the audio would mess up a little. During 30 Rock there was about a minute where there wasn't any picture before the switched it over to the SD version over the HD channel.

 

I have DirectTV and a DirecTV DVR and am having the same problem. Only on NBC HD and only on the Rear Right channel. Fairly consistent static when in Dolby Digital mode. I suppose since I am hear problems on Tivo and Comcast that this is not isolated to a provider but to NBC

 

i watched kath/kim on mpeg 4 and got some stuttering but that's an mpeg4 /hr20 issue i believe

 

I have had the same problem and I am also in Metro Atlanta.

I think WXIA is having problems. How we can tell them is another matter.

In the past it has been next to impossible to get stations to correct problems with their digital signals. They still get paid based on their analog viewership and have most all of their resources allocated to the analog side.

Maybe after the February date the stations will actually monitor and correct problems on the digital signal since that will be their only signal.

 

Having the same issues in Providence.

 

I've been having the same issues. I'm also in Atlanta & have Comcast.

 

Atlanta, DirecTV and I have the static.

 

I noticed some major audio issues on ER on NBC this past Thursday... Total silence except for strange sounding clicks for several minutes at a time.

 

Im in DC with Series 3 and have frequent static clicks throughout NBC shows. Not loud, not in a way where you cant hear the show, but constant and annoying, like there is some sort of electrical interference. Only happens with NBC.

 

WXIA, the Atlanta NBC affiliate, confirmed that the problem was theirs, and have now fixed it. It's posted in the Atlanta OTA thread on avsforum (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=15276895#post15276895). Definitely haven't heard it since the 11th.

 

No static here on my receiver with NBC OTA, but the overall volume on my TV is substantially lower than the other stations.

 

i also have this issue with nbc shows. The clicks are rapid fire and on nearly every primetime dolby digital show. Chuck, Heroes etc.... I have a TivoHD with a multi tuner card but ive actually found this issue in houses with just a regular comcast box. Ive had this issue across comcast and and now cox. This is definitely an nbc issue. Nothing really to do i doubt nbc would take a complaint very seriously. Very weird for the record i live in northern virginia and have recreated this issue in Ananndale Alexandria and Arlington. Lemme know if anybody has resolved this issue.

 

Call comcast and/or your local NBC station to complain.

 

I also duplicated this issue (which is still occuring by the way!) on comcast. Comcast was responsive to the point of coming out and investigating for a full half day. The guy checked everything from signal to physical line condition from the poll to every outlet in the house with CSI like thouroughness. In the end he found no problems whatsoever, and after further checking "upstream" determined the problem had to upstream from anything on the comcast side.

So I contaced our local NBC affiliate (KNTV) via email and just got this response:

Given that this problem has been goind on for an extremely long time, I'm not sure if his response is honest or just a blow off.