Help with Scientific Atlanta 8300 HDC

DGR33

I have a Panasonic TH-42PX600U with Time Warner Cable. My DVR box is a Scientific Atlanta 8300 HDC connected via HDMI. When I switch channels there is a delay of up to 5 seconds between channels. I've switched out the box several times and I've had Time Warner at my house about six times with zero results. The last cable guy that was here claims the delay is because it has to switch between 480i to 1080i. When I used componant cabling the problem goes away.
I really want to use HDMI and now Time Warner says they do not support HDMI and the HDMI connection in the Cable box is strictly for convenience only for it's subscribers.
Anyone have any advice on how to possibly fix this? Thanks

Sooner Al

Unfortunately I believe that will be the best you can do. I have a similar setup with a Cox supplied SA 8300HDC and a Panasonic TH-50PX6U HDTV connected via a HDMI cable. I had the same issues with a SA 8300HD box.

My work around is to use a fixed 1080i resolution on the SA 8300HDC, ie. press the remote control Settings button twice, select Set: Picture Format: Fixed. Exit then press Settings once and select Picture Format: 1080i or 720p or whatever resolution you want.

Of course this presumes you have those resolutions available. See the Advanced configuration section in this guide from SA.

http://www.cisco.com/web/consumer/su...s2/4003114.pdf

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DGR33

Thanks Sooner. I set to fixed 1080i and works much better. Hopefully someday they'll fix this issue.

Sooner Al

From the FWIW department...

I hooked up component cables between our HDTV and the SA 8300HDC yesterday as a test. I had never done that before. Anyway switching between 1080i, 720p and 480p is better than with the HDMI connection. I am going to keep it this way for awhile because I like being able to view non-HD channels, like TCM movies for example, in 480p full screen without needing to press the zoom button on my remote. Just call me lazy...

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