HDMI strangness.

[northcoast]

From the "for what it's worth" department........

Got U-verse on 12-18 and hooked up the DVR to a Vizio VX37L HDTV using an HDMI cable. For several weeks this combo worked just fine. I have some old VHS tapes that I needed to sort through so I also hooked up a JCV HR-A61U VCR via composite video and audio cables. At this point the DVR started to lock up or reboot each time I would turn it on with the TV. Just to be sure I disconnected the VCR and sure enough the problems went away. Skip ahead a few weeks and I now add a SONY DVP-NS72HP CD/DVD player. A HDMI cable is included with this CD/DVD player so I hooked it up to the second HDMI input on the HDTV. With two devices connected HDMI everything works great.

At some point I seem to remember someone mentioned a timing issue might be at the root of the so called HDMI problem. It might be the HDTV is taking too long to open the HDMI port if it has other devices to deal with at the same time. What this really proves I don't know but I thought I would share it and maybe save someone else some problems.

[nesto1]

Well since UVERSE has HDMI 1.3 compliant boxes, there is an extra pin that allows the TV and the video source to talk to each other. I know that when I had my HDMI connected and I turned off my TV, the blue HD light on the Uverse box would turn off(which does not occur with component cables - light stays on always)

I don't know if this is an issue, but I have quit using HDMI since I can get the same picture from component and just run a seperate fiber line for audio.

[taylor2767]

This must just be the case for the DVR STB because the standalone STB light stays on my other HD set whether I use HDMI or component cables. I wonder if that has something to do with the RG realizing that there are multiple HD sets connected by whatever means and gives priority to the DVR receiver?

Message Edited by taylor2767 on 01-17-2008 11:28 AM

Message Edited by taylor2767 on 01-17-2008 11:28 AM

[dzar_1]

I also had two HDMI devices hooked up to my TV and ONLY the AT&T equipment wouldn't stay running for more than a day or two and only the AT&T equipment would not pass Dolby over the HDMI cable; my Blu-Ray DVD player has none of these issues.

AT&T needs to fix the HDMI problems.

[hogrunr]

Have you tried leaving your Uverse box on all the time and just powering the TV on and off. This has fixed the issue for many people.

[dzar_1]

I beleive I tried that to no avail. I understand that's possibly a "workaround" but not a solution. I have three kids who like to push glowing buttons, you know

It still doesn't fix the problem of no Dolby over the audio, however.


Message Edited by dzar on 01-20-2008 09:29 AM

[randyl]

surely there is a computer engineer somewhere working on this )

randy

[dzar_1]

Well, I'm a computer engineer and I cannot find any way to keep my 2.5 and 4.5 hear olds from pressing buttons!

[randyl]

mine are 20 and 23  and still do it lol  (buttons that is)

daughter was home from college for christmas break  and messed up the sony reciever lol

randy

[spd2demun ACE - Master]

  I thought the yungins' are ALL technical and stuff?

[dzar_1]

That's the problem! They love to push the buttons and have no fear about breaking anything. My wife has asked me to turn on the TV for her when we get a new one in fear that she might, somehow, do it wrong! Not sure which is the better attitude, actually.

[spd2demun ACE - Master]

Well, according to randyl, you might be in for a LONG RIDE with button pushers.

[shoe]

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dzar wrote:
I beleive I tried that to no avail. I understand that's possibly a "workaround" but not a solution. I have three kids who like to push glowing buttons, you know

It still doesn't fix the problem of no Dolby over the audio, however.


Message Edited by dzar on 01-20-2008 09:29 AM

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What is the work around?

[dzar_1]

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shoe wrote:

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dzar wrote:
I beleive I tried that to no avail. I understand that's possibly a "workaround" but not a solution. I have three kids who like to push glowing buttons, you know

It still doesn't fix the problem of no Dolby over the audio, however.


Message Edited by dzar on 01-20-2008 09:29 AM

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What is the work around?

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I'm referring to the "solution" posted in this thread... it does not solve the problem, for me, permanently. It helps, maybe, but not a solution. There is no solution for existing equipment; existing equipment is faulty and I'm begging AT&T, every chance I get, to fix this and get the fix out to people who need it. I'm happy with AT&T service from the programming side, but their hardware is substandard (I have many current issues that AT&T "fixes" by telling me to reboot my STBs and reset settings that get changed at random).