I've recorded things on HD channels, and have never seen this problem in
anything else. No problem in the HD broadcasts of Nova, or of Sondheim's
"Company," which was "Great Performances" but obviously not the Met.
Also no problems with the Los Angeles Opera "Mahagonny", also Great
Performances. So unless it says "Metropolitan Opera" on it, I have no
problems.
I'm using digital cable for the HDTV, I don't have a TV with a digital
tuner (1080i but only VHF/UHF tuner). Digital HD cable looks really
good. I suppose I can try your approach, although where I live there are
some hills between me and the transmitter, so all I can get is multipath
reception. Cable or satellite is probably a must for me.
Robert
Cbeyond wrote:
> 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
