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Old 01-16-2006, 07:02 PM
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SageTV Media Extender Extender and Video Quaility
Hi.

I just got my SageTV media Extender the hooked it up to my 32 inch TV via the white/red/yellow cables.

The image is not that good - so I tried going the S-Video route, but now I get a jumpy screen that scrolls and wont sync.

How is the SageTV Media Extender picture quality over all for others? On my TV, it's kind of crapy (grainy and dark).
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Old 01-16-2006, 07:48 PM
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Your svid doesn't sync at all? Mine drops sync during any 'blackness' in a show or when stopping playback, and the screensaver makes it go nuts.
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Old 01-16-2006, 07:53 PM
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Your svid doesn't sync at all? Mine drops sync during any 'blackness' in a show or when stopping playback, and the screensaver makes it go nuts.
Well, I watch several minutes and it wont sync. I get a distorded image that scrolls - I can kind of see what it is showing, but it's terrible.
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Old 01-16-2006, 11:29 PM
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Make sure you're using a good quality s-video cable. Bad or cheap cables have been known to give these type of issues.

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Old 01-17-2006, 08:57 AM
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You may also want to try power-cycling the TV while the MVP is on, it might not sync if wasn't getting a good signal at power-up (I had a TV that did this long ago, power cycle always fixed it).
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Old 01-17-2006, 10:22 AM
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Ok, I repalced the S-Video cable with a good cable which I use on another TV just fine and I got the same results.

I am going to try to power cycle the TV as described to see if that helps.
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Old 01-21-2006, 06:55 AM
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Hi joe did you solve your issue because i got the same problem here ? My picture is shifting up and down so watching moving on action scene is an horror so if you found something please let me know.

Thanks!
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Old 01-21-2006, 09:12 PM
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Hi joe did you solve your issue because i got the same problem here ? My picture is shifting up and down so watching moving on action scene is an horror so if you found something please let me know.

Thanks!
YES! I wrote 4 emails over several days to orders@sagetv.com and to support, about this problem and have not received any help back.

So I finally got a hold of another MVP, hooked it up and BINGO - It worked just fine.

The S-Video works perfectly on the other MVP unit. So my SageTV Media Extender S-Video hardware is bad (composite video output are ok however).

Good luck!
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