Direct TV

[starcraft69]

I am wondering if others are experiencing more day to day issues with Direct lately. At home with HD we seem to be getting more and more pixelation and brief picture freeze. We dont get error code it is real quick but is annoying. I have been with Direct for many many years and this seems to be happening a lot lately. My guess is that it's them doing upgrades and switching over to the new system. Anyone else experiencing this? What are your thoughts? Sorry but please don't tell me to switch to Dish or that you use streaming Bla Bla Bla. It would be nice to stay on topic. Thank you all.

[akaPedro]

Slight chance your antenna has moved an inch or more or is wobbling. Call and see if it can be checked out.

[blownstang01]

We are in the NE and haven't had any issues, even in recent heavy snow / wind. However, occasional skipping in some recordings but I'm thinking that's a receiver issue as we rarely if ever have an issue live. Good Luck!

[edatlanta]

My HR44 is still working fine. Maybe I'm just lucky. I did have to tweak the aim on my tripod mounted slimline antenna the other day after 2 days of 25 mph winds. It held up fine, but had settled a little on the dish side. About 1 1/2 turns up solved the problem. I have a 5 gallon water bucket hanging on the tripod which is full of water. 40 pounds holds it down fine.

[Carl_n_Susan]

We were experiencing the same pixalation/short screen freeze in CA on the home antenna. The receiver is now in AZ with a different antenna and it still happens.

[jbbrick]

We had some issues like that, I think the hard drive in the DVR was acting up, just like a computer drive that starts to fail. I had the guy come out and they replaced my main unit with a new Genie receiver with DVR. Works fine now, and I like the new remotes that came with it.

[Bill_Satellite]

I have not seen anything like that. Using Trav'ler and HR54.

[allbrandauto]

had the same problem with my old genie. had them replace it with a new one. problem solved. two years later same problem I think I need a new one

[wa8yxm]

There are many things that mess up sat tv. Some you can not see. ONE you can see very clearly you might not think of.. it is called THE SUN.

Radio (it is all radio folks) has been strange the last couple years.

How strange.. I have two 2-way radios (Actually more but only two with power at the moment) The antennas are about 36 feet apart.. I just heard a conservation pick up on one (Both are tuned alike) and then about 2 sentences in the other.. Solid signal. "Wrapping the needle around the pin" (All Bars Lit) Signal on teh slower to activate receiver.

OH well it's really 5 radios with power but that counts one 3 times (The slow one) and the weather alert.

THe one in front of mer has two UHF/VHF radios. and a weather band radio all in one box.. Currently the weather is in "Alert only" mode (it will knock out one of the others if there is an alert) one of the two is in "Digital Radio" mode and one in FM.

[GordonThree]

Worth checking on this page next time a disruption is encountered

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/satellites

[PaulJ2]

starcraft69 wrote:
I am wondering if others are experiencing more day to day issues with Direct lately. At home with HD we seem to be getting more and more pixelation and brief picture freeze. We dont get error code it is real quick but is annoying. I have been with Direct for many many years and this seems to be happening a lot lately. My guess is that it's them doing upgrades and switching over to the new system. Anyone else experiencing this? What are your thoughts? Sorry but please don't tell me to switch to Dish or that you use streaming Bla Bla Bla. It would be nice to stay on topic. Thank you all.

Same thing here in Oregon.

[2oldman]

Plenty of google hits

[Acampingwewillg]

Have noticed the same thing with about the same frequency of events. I've been with DTV for 25+ years....but ready to make a change but due to the above problem.

[Ex-Tech]

Same here in California.

[azdryheat]

We sometimes get pixilation, too. I think it's caused by the airliners blocking the signal.