Unwatchable SKY HD on new Avant 55

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Two weeks with the new Avant and very disappointed with the viewing of SKY HD content. Viewing SKY 1 and Atlantic program's suffering judder and strange jerky panning movement. Giving watchers a headache.

Dealer trying best but hasn't heard of any issues.  I think it is poor up scaling as fast moving pictures also judder

Anybody else suffering poor quality with SKY?

 

jbrown77 wrote:

Two weeks with the new Avant and very disappointed with the viewing of SKY HD content. Viewing SKY 1 and Atlantic program's suffering judder and strange jerky panning movement. Giving watchers a headache.

Dealer trying best but hasn't heard of any issues. I think it is poor up scaling as fast moving pictures also judder

Anybody else suffering poor quality with SKY?

This sounds a lot like the old "Film Mode" motion compensation issue...

Have you tried turning JUDDER CANCEL to OFF?

Contradictory to its name and default setting, if JUDDER CANCEL is set to ADAPTIVE or FULL, it can lead to movement judder and unwanted artefacts with motion.

Turning it off usually helps.

MENU -> SETUP -> PICTURE -> PICTURE ADJUSTMENT -> ADVANCED SETTINGS -> JUDDER CANCEL OFF
Not picture but when switched on using beo remote there is no sound have to manually switch off/on sky box to get back sound. never a problem before the avant
No problem with mine. I have the Amstrad 895 version with the Avant set to defaults. No issues.

Grand prix today was exceptional.

I do sometimes get a lengthy startup handshake issue where you get sound but no picture for 5 seconds.

KMA just trying that now initially seems better. Will test with some previous recordings that were poor. Thanks so much for advice.

 

jbrown77 wrote:

KMA just trying that now initially seems better. Will test with some previous recordings that were poor. Thanks so much for advice.

You're very welcome 🙂

I've had this issue since receiving my Avant a few weeks ago now.  Very poor handling of fast motion or people gesturing with their hands etc.  On default settings I was shocked at how bad it was and I'm equally shocked how more people aren't noticing this.  Compared to other TV's on the market, this is well below par. 

The only improvement I've found was turning judder off, adaptive mode off, lowering the sharpness, lowering noise reduction, lowering contrast enhance.  This made a huge improvement. BUT the weird judder, ghosting, fuzziness on some movement is still there, albeit not as bad.  Right now I'm watching Wimbledon in HD and every so often as the players are running around, they suddenly go all blurry and juddery for a second.   My B&O dealer has the same issues with his Avant.  I really hope this will be a software fix. 

 

Also it's not just Sky HD.  It is an issue with the TV.  I have the same motion problems watching Sky HD, Apple TV and Bluray from PS4 & PS3.

Solidsnake wrote:

I've had this issue since receiving my Avant a few weeks ago now. Very poor handling of fast motion or people gesturing with their hands etc. On default settings I was shocked at how bad it was and I'm equally shocked how more people aren't noticing this. Compared to other TV's on the market, this is well below par.

The only improvement I've found was turning judder off, adaptive mode off, lowering the sharpness, lowering noise reduction, lowering contrast enhance. This made a huge improvement. BUT the weird judder, ghosting, fuzziness on some movement is still there, albeit not as bad. Right now I'm watching Wimbledon in HD and every so often as the players are running around, they suddenly go all blurry and juddery for a second. My B&O dealer has the same issues with his Avant. I really hope this will be a software fix.

Beovision Avant 55, Beolab 8000, Beolab 6000, Apple TV 3, Playstation 4, Playstation 3, Sky HD

I have also noticed this. It is strange. Big halo effects around objects (which the help feature also say can appear on full but even on the adaptive or whatever it's called in English it is very obvious.

My 2011 samsung did this work way better so I can't believe it either. I want the judder control on and they should very obviously improve their algorithm. Must be an issue in the avant software because it is not that obvious on the v1-40 I also have.

The software is still only in full hd.

Solidsnake wrote:

I've had this issue since receiving my Avant a few weeks ago now.  Very poor handling of fast motion or people gesturing with their hands etc.  On default settings I was shocked at how bad it was and I'm equally shocked how more people aren't noticing this.  Compared to other TV's on the market, this is well below par. 

The only improvement I've found was turning judder off, adaptive mode off, lowering the sharpness, lowering noise reduction, lowering contrast enhance.  This made a huge improvement. BUT the weird judder, ghosting, fuzziness on some movement is still there, albeit not as bad.  Right now I'm watching Wimbledon in HD and every so often as the players are running around, they suddenly go all blurry and juddery for a second.   My B&O dealer has the same issues with his Avant.  I really hope this will be a software fix. 

 

There may well be an issue with the Avants processing, but the thing you describe in Wimbleton could also be the source. Sometimes if there is a bandwidth hiccup or such, or the processor doing the compression and encoding of the raw video feed at the transmit end, moving objects will blur, pixelate, or show other anomalies. Usually this is an artifact of only a small part of the picture that's moving. Or it could still be the TV, it's very hard to tell unless you have a second video display to real time compare to.

 

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