VCR alert

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by Ed in Tx

When I watched a little last night the audio was about a second out of sync to the video. Pretty annoying.

When they developed the ATSC digital TV standard, one thing they forgot to attend to was getting the video and sound lip-synched.

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by wa2ise

When they developed the ATSC digital TV standard, one thing they forgot to attend to was getting the video and sound lip-synched.

I had a 2008 Vizio LCD set with an adjustment for sync'ing the sound. Only local subchannels (Me, Grit, etc) via cable seemed to need it. Regular cable and local non-sub channel network TV had perfect sync.

[Robert Grant]

Originally Posted by Findm-Keepm

I had a 2008 Vizio LCD set with an adjustment for sync'ing the sound. Only local subchannels (Me, Grit, etc) via cable seemed to need it. Regular cable and local non-sub channel network TV had perfect sync.

I've noticed that poor lip sync is not uncommon in DTV reception, and had noticed it on digital cable and Internet video streaming as well, but I've never seen it anywhere near as bad as a second off -at least not since the 1977 NYC blackout, when networks tried to patch things to work which way they could. That night saw delays of several seconds and some audio with multiple echoes.

As for Dark Shadows - I guess I was totally mistaken. I thought it came from Associated Rediffusion and got its own unique "look" from the necessary 405/25/+ to 525/30/- standards conversion.