Can you record any other HDTV programs without flickering? I have
recorded many of the HDTV PBS MET broadcasts in Phoenix without
problem, in both this years' 720p and last year's 1080i. I think
1080i was a little better. My setup is a HDTV tuner card and a pc
running Windows XP and the signal is over the air with a Silver Sensor
type antenna.
On Thu, 01 May 2008 15:28:19 -0700, Robert Sheaffer
<Iam"Roberto"@debunker.com> wrote:
>
>Am I the only one here trying to record the Met Opera broadcasts as they
>are shown, one per week, on PBS-TV? (Sunday afternoons. Next up: I
>Puritani on May 4.)
>
>In each of the operas that I recorded on PBS-HD, using a home DVD
>recorder, there was a terrible flickering or flashing dark/light/dark in
>certain scenes of the opera, which is extremely annoying. Sometimes it
>looked like there was a herringbone pattern of dots marching across the
>screen. These were Hansel & Gretl, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, the Magic
>Flute. This makes them no fun to watch.
>
>I have never seen this problem on any other station, or on any other
>programming, except the "Live From the Met" broadcasts. And I've
>recorded a lot of programs.
>
>So last Sunday, I recorded Manon Lescaut from the standard PBS channel.
>No problem at all! So I plan to use this channel, at least until it
>disappears in Feb of next year (non-HD TV is going away).
>
>My conclusion is that this is a deliberate 'spoiler' signal injected
>into the HDTV broadcast signal, analagous to the Macrovision system used
>in copyrighted DVDs and VHS tapes. Macrovision puts a wobble into the
>picture that you won't notice when viewing it live. However, if it's
>recorded the wobble becomes pronounced. I suspect that the Met doesn't
>want people making decent-quality recordings off PBS-HD, so that people
>will be more inclined to buy the commercial versions of the DVDs.
>
>Has anyone else tried to record these?
>
> Robert Sheaffer
Cbeyond
