Dish T1020 Freeview HD STB with USB PVR, your experience?

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54 posts

Master Geek

#538306 27-Oct-2011 20:06

I had the same problem after I installed the latest sw version .
What I did was , I installed the previous sw version and than again the latest again , i had to do that two times .
It did fix the problem have not had that problem since
Maybe give that a try

Regards Rojul

Zipdisk

200 posts

Master Geek

#538309 27-Oct-2011 20:08

I did some recordings last night one on Prime most of the one hour recording was pixelated.

The T1020 was showing 50% Sig levels and 72% Sig quality, it was raining at the time and have tall trees in the path.

But all my 3 TV are showing 100%, to me this seems that they have fitted low grade tuner to this box, so unless you are very near to the transmitter you will not get better results.

Today its showing 90-100% Sig level and about the same quality as before 72%

I have never had a recording with out being pixelated 2 or 3 times in a 1 hour recording.

giollarnat

138 posts

Master Geek

#538319 27-Oct-2011 20:22

hmmm... A week or so ago, the machine froze, just like a good PC bug, only way to get it going again was to unplug it and restart.

But the OSD Menus and Freeview Guide will not stay up for more than a few seconds now, making loads of things impossible. I tried updating to latest firmware but the problem persists.

Any suggestions? Maybe downgrade then upgrade again like Rojul?

giollarnat

138 posts

Master Geek

#538322 27-Oct-2011 20:25

Zipdisk this used to be the case with many especially on HD programs on TV1 and TV3. Ever since the 2nd to last firmware update these problems for the most part disappeared. (documented in the thread here somewhere). They certainly are a thing of the past for me.

Klipspringer

2385 posts

Uber Geek
Inactive user

#538324 27-Oct-2011 20:26

Rojul: I had the same problem after I installed the latest sw version .
What I did was , I installed the previous sw version and than again the latest again , i had to do that two times .
It did fix the problem have not had that problem since
Maybe give that a try

Regards Rojul

Thanks for the tip. But where do I get the old firmware?

Rojul

54 posts

Master Geek

#538325 27-Oct-2011 20:29

Yeah give that a try and see what happens

Regards Rojul

Rojul

54 posts

Master Geek

#538330 27-Oct-2011 20:35

BraaiGuy:
Rojul: I had the same problem after I installed the latest sw version .
What I did was , I installed the previous sw version and than again the latest again , i had to do that two times .
It did fix the problem have not had that problem since
Maybe give that a try

Regards Rojul

Thanks for the tip. But where do I get the old firmware?

I still have some on my computer i could send one to you,
I usually keep older FW updates in case i have to go back to a older FW update , I did that with all my satellite receivers i had for the last 7 years
Regards Rojul

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giollarnat

138 posts

Master Geek

#538335 27-Oct-2011 20:46

BraaiGuy:

Thanks for the tip. But where do I get the old firmware?

if you downloaded previous firmware through your browser the files should still all be in your "Download" list unless you have killed the cache/history on it.

Rojul

54 posts

Master Geek

#538338 27-Oct-2011 20:52

giollarnat:
BraaiGuy:

Thanks for the tip. But where do I get the old firmware?

if you downloaded previous firmware through your browser the files should still all be in your "Download" list unless you have killed the cache/history on it.

You mean ,unless you dont want to keep every thing on your computer and delete it !

Klipspringer

2385 posts

Uber Geek
Inactive user

#538348 27-Oct-2011 21:11

cool. found some old firmware. downgraded, then upgraded again. all sweet

Not sure what happened and why it got into such a state in the first place!

Rojul

54 posts

Master Geek

#538352 27-Oct-2011 21:26

awesome

Yeah dont know why it did it too me too before either ,
Sometimes I think they spelled DishTV the wrong way:
Should be S..tTV ( sorry)

Ralph

33 posts

Geek

#538608 28-Oct-2011 11:25

I bought mine in September which had the 2nd to latest release software and it had a bit of pixelation, but not too much. I upgraded to the Oct firmware and haven't had any of the issues mentioned above. Maybe something about the newest HW?

Zipdisk

200 posts

Master Geek

#538678 28-Oct-2011 13:03

giollarnat: Zipdisk this used to be the case with many especially on HD programs on TV1 and TV3. Ever since the 2nd to last firmware update these problems for the most part disappeared. (documented in the thread here somewhere). They certainly are a thing of the past for me.

I am using the 1.1f Firmware.

giollarnat

138 posts

Master Geek

#538683 28-Oct-2011 13:07

Zipdisk:
giollarnat: Zipdisk this used to be the case with many especially on HD programs on TV1 and TV3. Ever since the 2nd to last firmware update these problems for the most part disappeared. (documented in the thread here somewhere). They certainly are a thing of the past for me.

I am using the 1.1f Firmware.

i have noticed that my old IDE HDD struggles at times (even though it is 7200rpm) especially when recording something in HD and watching something recorded simultaneously ... the speed of HDD might be part of the equation?

Ralph

33 posts

Geek

#538734 28-Oct-2011 14:07

Yes, probably the HD performance has an impact. I've got a new WD disk and it works fine. Even extended the USB cable by 1 meter which is always a bit "dangerous" but seems to work fine.

I haven't had any success trying to trancode the MP2-TS files to something that my XBMC can easily handle, but no luck so far. Anybody have any tips? MeGui and ffmpeg seem to not like the format...

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