[mythtv-users] Dirty haze on certain channels

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/17/2011 10:54 PM, jr wrote:
> I am running a Myth FE/BE on a IONITX L-E with an HDHR and a HDPVR.
> When recording on the HDHR it works well, except on the CW and
> occasionally on Fox, where I see a sort of dirty film over the
> picture.  Especially, on the particularly dark scenes.  Its looks like
> someone wiped the screen with a dirty cloth leaving a dirty haze.  It
> last for a few seconds, disappears, then happens again.  Is there a
> name for this phenomenon?  The terms "dirty," "film," and "haze" do
> not return much.

Ghosting of previous images?  If so, it sounds like someone (CW/Fox or 
your local broadcaster or your local re-broadcaster (cable co)) is 
encoding with a bad encoder (or bad encoding options).

Mike