Fed up with lip sync problems?

videoengr · Post by **videoengr** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:29 pm

This subject is for everyone who hates lip sync errirs and has received a runaround from your service provider when you have tried to resolve the problem.

We have a great opportunity this Sunday to let the brodcasting, cable and satellite industry know we are fed up with lip sync problem. If you see lip sync errors on any of the Super Bowl commercials, note the commercial, time and how you are receiving it (over the air station, satellite provider, cable provider, etc.). After the game, look up the home office of the company sponsoring the commercial (e.g. Anheuser-Busch, Coors, Miller, etc.) and send them an email complaining about the lip sync problem, giving them the service provider information. It is that simple. When a company pays $2+ million for a commercial, they want it to reach the viewer without any added impairment. You can bet if they get enough complaints they will look into it.

Thanks for your help.

Hawkman9 · Post by **Hawkman9** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:35 am

Amen! It is very frustrating to spend $1000's on the best equipment and have sound issues like this.

cburrows · Post by **cburrows** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:10 am

And I thought it was just me, glad to hear that this is a common problem. After purchasing my first HD TV (a Sony) recently, and seeing these numerous

MarkyMark · Post by **MarkyMark** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:41 am

When you think that this is almost the end of the first decade of the 21st century, and you see the audio gets out of sync with the video on your TiVo HD, you just have to shake your head in amazement that this is happening in this day and age. Someone needs to come up with a permanent solution and make everyone implement it so that 10 years from now all our equipment will have been upgraded, and by 2020 lip sync issues will be a thing of the past. Would that be too soon?

I was really saddened to be looking through the menus of my brand new Onkyo SR605 and see and adjustment for lipsync. It would take a technically savvy guy like me at least 5 minutes of frustration to get it right, and then undoing it when you are done watching the show. Forget anyone else. I guess it's there for the extreme cases. But how many extra bits would it take to have constant sync markers every second in a digital stream?

It's an embarrassment, and everyone will point fingers at everyone else. You just want to strangle someone, but who?

Mark

regman · Post by **regman** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:34 am

I've had some success re syncing the audio with the video simply by powering off the DVR (or stb) then back on again (not a "pull the plug" or reset).

DavidJones4 · Post by **DavidJones4** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:55 pm

From Australia's POV, lipsync is becoming less and less of an occurance, but it was there briefly during the Australian Open tennis, and it sucked.
I'm thinking that some tech guy back in studio has nodded off and forget to make an adjustment

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