Joe finished up by playing VC-1 encoded clips from the production HD DVDs of Phantom of the Opera and, of all things, Blazing Saddles. And yet it was always obvious that the WMV clips had less noise and more detail than the MPEG-2 clips, and usually the difference was dramatic. Joe’s 720p clips were typically around 8Mbps, which is equivalent to high bitrate DVD, while the 1080p clips were often at just 12Mbps. ![]() Joe’s point that the WMV and VC-1 could handily outperform MPEG-2, even with the latter using much higher data rates, was repeatedly revealed. He bounced back and forth between clips encoded in MPEG-2 and Windows Media Video, the video compression codec from Microsoft that has now evolved into VC-1, which has been used on nearly all HD DVD releases so far and is rumored to be close to making its first appearance on Blu-ray Disc. Joe spent 45 minutes or so showing us various clips played back from his hard drive at both 720p and 1080p at a variety of bitrates on a Marantz VP-11S1 1080p DLP projector. Since we weren't going to spend all day experimenting at out customer's house we're going to test different configurations at the office - hopefully we'll uncover the configuration mix that consistently triggers the problem and then from that put together a solution.On Saturday UAV Editor Tom Norton and I crossed the street from the Convention Center, braving vicious, howling winds to get to HD DVD’s version of the Madden cruiser to get some of that old time religion with the HD DVD camp and video industry icon and iconoclast Joe Kane. Given the fact that there 4 or 5 different power transformers plugged in the defective one may or may not have been URCs, so it may have been the act of separating it from the other plugs. Once we did that all interference vanished. Out of desperation we swapped out the power transformer and plugged it into a different electrical outlet. We had tried everything listed here and more to resolve it- swapping out jammed transceivers with new ones, taking off the antenna, ferrite cores, turning off WAPs, turning off DirecTV HD tuners, etc. Besides the constantly firing emitters today we had a different symptom - one emitter not firing at all. Hi everyone - we've been installing MRF260s since they came out and once in a while we have mysterious interference issues especially when they are located with a bunch of other equipment. Also make sure your ID is not set to 0 as it will pick up all kinds of interference in "sniffing" mode. Relocate the antenna away, if possible, put it in the basement. the MRF-350 is far better then the 260 and I would swap it if you have the ability to. Quite honestly anything with a large power supply can do it. I guess I have been lucky my whole life that any RF remotes I have used just happened to never get interference when I needed them to work.Ĭable and Sat boxes are notorious for emitting interference. ![]() It just happens to be getting interference. The URC tech assured me that the MRF-260 is not susceptible to interference. What is your experience with RF interference? I can exchange it for an MRF-350 if moving the antenna a few feet away will help. ![]() Being that the only purpose for an MRF-260 is to reside along side and control A/V equipment I have to wonder if there is a major design flaw. What kinds of things cause interference? URC told me that A/V equipment can cause it. Last night there was no way I could make the MX-450 work with the MRF-260.
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