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pooksahib
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3.04.17 causes TV picture to flash on and off

I've reported this as an issue but am curious to know if anyine else has this problem? It's an odd one - the flashing started during the reboot phase and persisted until I rolled back to 3.03.16. I tried 3.04.07 later that day and it went fine. But only for a while - later that night I went to play a movie and the screen flash had returned. So now I'm back to 3.03.16.
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TonyPh12345
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Re: 3.04.17 causes TV picture to flash on and off

It does it only during movie playback?   What's the format of the movie?  Were you using subtitles?

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pooksahib
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Re: 3.04.17 causes TV picture to flash on and off

Hi Tony. No, the flashing occurred even if just the WD menu page was displayed.
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flhthemi
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Re: 3.04.17 causes TV picture to flash on and off

FWIW - Mine has done this once in a while from FW V2.04 all the way to V 3.04.17. I've never been able to confirm it's the Hub's problem. I always thought it was my Samsung TV having problems with HDMI. If I change the input from HDMI to tuner (not one of the other HDMI ports) and then come back to the Hub's HDMI input all was fine, until the next time it might happen. Sometimes I get a warning it will happen as the entire screen will flash pink. Then I know I'm going to be switching inputs.

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pooksahib
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Re: 3.04.17 causes TV picture to flash on and off

Thanks for that. An odd one indeed. All I know is, all previous versions have been stable for me so I'll leave the new release alone. Until the next one comes along...
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Stealthdude
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Re: 3.04.17 causes TV picture to flash on and off

I had a similar issue and it turned out to be a dodgey hdmi cable.

 

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flhthemi
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Re: 3.04.17 causes TV picture to flash on and off


Stealthdude wrote:

I had a similar issue and it turned out to be a dodgey hdmi cable.

 



I wish...I tried 5 different cables all with the same results. But it only happens to me once in a while and because I see the same thing happening on my PS3 HDMI input I'm pretty sure it's a Samsung TV issue. No switches in the mix either...right out the back of the device and into the HDMI ports is the way mine are done.

 

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Awopero
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Re: 3.04.17 causes TV picture to flash on and off

Hello Mate,

 

Just to be completely sure did you check with another HDMI cable?

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pooksahib
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Re: 3.04.17 causes TV picture to flash on and off

No, I can't see that's the poblem given that it's still working fine now that I've 'rolled back'.
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TonyPh12345
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Re: 3.04.17 causes TV picture to flash on and off

Now that you've rolled back, what resolution is your WDTV selecting?

What resolution does it select when you've upgraded?

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