I was watching Pirates of the Caribbean last night in HD(recorded on Christmas Eve). Half way through the sound started to break up and the picture was freezing. My son then told me he had the same dvd, so we played that. The picture was very good from his disc, but the sound through my home cinema was awesome compared to the Sky HD version I was watching. I have HDMI cable from home cinema to tv, and HDMI cable from Sky HD box to tv, and an optical cable from HD box to home cinema, should there be that much difference in sound quality?
Pirates of the Caribbean in HD and DD 5.1
Originally Posted by ray_01:
“I was watching Pirates of the Caribbean last night in HD(recorded on Christmas Eve). Half way through the sound started to break up and the picture was freezing. My son then told me he had the same dvd, so we played that. The picture was very good from his disc, but the sound through my home cinema was awesome compared to the Sky HD version I was watching. I have HDMI cable from home cinema to tv, and HDMI cable from Sky HD box to tv, and an optical cable from HD box to home cinema, should there be that much difference in sound quality?”
“I was watching Pirates of the Caribbean last night in HD(recorded on Christmas Eve). Half way through the sound started to break up and the picture was freezing. My son then told me he had the same dvd, so we played that. The picture was very good from his disc, but the sound through my home cinema was awesome compared to the Sky HD version I was watching. I have HDMI cable from home cinema to tv, and HDMI cable from Sky HD box to tv, and an optical cable from HD box to home cinema, should there be that much difference in sound quality?”
Sky have been messing up the audio on lots of broadcasts recently, but mostly these have been out-of-sync problems rather than missing or muffled soundtracks. Are you sure you weren't listening to the DTS audio from the DVD rather than the DD5.1? The first two Pirates DVDs have both soundtracks, only the third is DD5.1 only, and IIRC the DTS audio is much clearer than the DD audio on the first two movies.
The BBC broadcast Pirates on Christmas Eve not SKY but it was in 5.1
As for the audio well 384kbps is used on HD broadcasts were as DVD tends to use 448kbps and as per usual broadcast anything is more prone to slight glitches than pre-recorded optical media.
As for the audio well 384kbps is used on HD broadcasts were as DVD tends to use 448kbps and as per usual broadcast anything is more prone to slight glitches than pre-recorded optical media.
Originally Posted by Jarrak:
“The BBC broadcast Pirates on Christmas Eve not SKY but it was in 5.1
As for the audio well 384kbps is used on HD broadcasts were as DVD tends to use 448kbps and as per usual broadcast anything is more prone to slight glitches than pre-recorded optical media.”
“The BBC broadcast Pirates on Christmas Eve not SKY but it was in 5.1
As for the audio well 384kbps is used on HD broadcasts were as DVD tends to use 448kbps and as per usual broadcast anything is more prone to slight glitches than pre-recorded optical media.”
I have just seen another post regarding watching a HD recording while recording another at the same time, and they have had the same problems with picture and sound as I have.
Originally Posted by ray_01:
“I have just seen another post regarding watching a HD recording while recording another at the same time, and they have had the same problems with picture and sound as I have.”
“I have just seen another post regarding watching a HD recording while recording another at the same time, and they have had the same problems with picture and sound as I have.”
Yes every now and again the system throws a wobbler when accessing two HD streams, it's very sporadic for most people which does not point to a hard drive failure so perhaps buffering issues?
I know a reboot or even planner rebuild give the SKY+HD an almost noticeable crispness after running as is for a few months.
I recorded the BBC Pirates movie on my PC but not watched it yet but it seems you may have had a SKY+HD playback issue not a reception issue.
