Discussion topic: Pixilated picture and colour issues
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Message posted on 05 Jan 2025 10:33 AM
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Pixilated picture and colour issues
Hi, I've had this for a while, seems to be when receiving tv through dish, not on streaming. The picture is pixilated and there are patches of green or pink. Sometimes just an exaggeration of existing colours (e.g. face has pixilated patches of fluorescent pink). Tends to be worse (or more noticeable) in darker scenes e.g. night time images. It's not the Q box or the TV, both have been replaced during this time and the dish has been repositioned after at least two storms. Any ideas?
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Message posted on 05 Jan 2025 10:40 AM - last edited: 05 Jan 2025 10:40 AM
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Re: Pixilated picture and colour issues
@Fuzzgin wrote:
Hi, I've had this for a while, seems to be when receiving tv through dish, not on streaming. The picture is pixilated and there are patches of green or pink. Sometimes just an exaggeration of existing colours (e.g. face has pixilated patches of fluorescent pink). Tends to be worse (or more noticeable) in darker scenes e.g. night time images. It's not the Q box or the TV, both have been replaced during this time and the dish has been repositioned after at least two storms. Any ideas?
Hi @Fuzzgin
Obviously current weather conditions are exasperating satellite dish reception.
If the issues continues in clear skies
Work through the following link and if you cannot solve your issue it will lead to booking a Engineer.
https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-tv-no-satellite-signal-sky-q
Message posted on 05 Jan 2025 11:26 AM
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Re: Pixilated picture and colour issues
Is this on UHD content?
Message posted on 05 Jan 2025 05:41 PM
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Re: Pixilated picture and colour issues
To be fair, I live in the Highlands so bad weather is a regular issue. However I've spoken to other locals, who all just looked blank when I described the issue. I tried the link and it didn't help. I have had my signal knocked out by a few storms and the satellite dish has had to be moved back into place a few times. Could it be a connection issue? The dish has a coaxial cable that is connected through my wall. It's not in great condition, but as that is what connects to the dish, I can't do a lot.
Message posted on 05 Jan 2025 05:46 PM
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Re: Pixilated picture and colour issues
I don't have HD on Sky. I did. My eyesight isn't brilliant, so it seemed excessive to pay for a service I didn't appreciate. I have a smart TV and a HD TV before, not sure of technical details. When I had SkyHD the issue was across all channels. Not sure whether that helps.
Message posted on 05 Jan 2025 06:16 PM
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Re: Pixilated picture and colour issues
What two model TVs has this happened on?
Message posted on 07 Jan 2025 07:12 AM
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Re: Pixilated picture and colour issues
Not sure of the exact models, but the first was a Toshiba, the current one a Sharp. Will check later
Message posted on 07 Jan 2025 09:34 AM
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Re: Pixilated picture and colour issues
Could just be both (or the Q bix, depending what output reaolution it is set to) struggle with the poor quality / high compression of SD when trying to produce an image with approx 20x the resolution of the original signal for a 4k physical display.
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