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Poor Ultra 4K Quality
I have a UHD X1 box and a UHD television connected via HDMI. UHD on the TV itself (either Blue Ray, Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc.) looks great...absolutely no problems. Even UHD using the Netflix and Amazon Prime apps on the X1 box looks great, so I know that the HDMI cable and TV are fine.
The problem is with Xfinity broadcasts in UHD, like sports for example. When I switch to the UHD version of a football game, the contrast and colors are horrible, and it doesn’t appear to be UHD. The picture is badly washed out.
Anyone else having the same issue? I have searched the forums a little and Googled it, but most of the complaints seem to be connection issues or settings.
The problem is with Xfinity broadcasts in UHD, like sports for example. When I switch to the UHD version of a football game, the contrast and colors are horrible, and it doesn’t appear to be UHD. The picture is badly washed out.
Anyone else having the same issue? I have searched the forums a little and Googled it, but most of the complaints seem to be connection issues or settings.
brisco06
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5 years ago
I have the same problem. 4K is washed out and dull...regular HD channel looks better.
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dcfox
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5 years ago
I noticed alot for the UHD sports. It is much darker and washed out. The regular HD channel for the same game is better and cleaner. Even today on the Fox football games on UHD bradcast.
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brisco06
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5 years ago
I just did a test on the Ohio State/Indiana game on my 4K apple TV FOX sports app. Looks great. Jerseys are bright red for OSU. Evidently the problem must be comcast...what else is new
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kidro2
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dcfox
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5 years ago
Now that the 4k of Wisconsin and NW on ABC is on it is much better just like the ABC 4k games last week or two. Not sure why it happens on FOX. Even all the guide and other options I metioned are normal.
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dcfox
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5 years ago
One thing I noticed is that even the guide, last watched, xtfinity options ect are much darker so would say yea the box or comcast. It is not just the game broadcast its self that is dark when on the UHD bradcast.
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brisco06
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5 years ago
Yes. Wisconsin/NW game looks much better. Maybe it is FOX. I first noticed it several weeks ago on the baseball playoffs which I think I may have been on FOX
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CCChe
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5 years ago
Hi @kidro2, @dcfox, and others who have noticed this issue. Thanks for sharing your experience here on the Xfinity Forum. My team would be happy to gather more specific details about your experience, so we can pass this information to our engineers for further investigation. If the issue is determined to be with FOX, they can communicate the necessary info to them.
Please send me a private message with details of these games, times and dates they aired, and details about the quality, we can get started.
Please send a private message including your first and last name and the numbers associated with your service address. To send me a private message, click on "ComcastChe," and then click send a message.
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kidro2
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dcfox
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I noticed the Fox and now NBC broudcast show HDR on my tv settings. Ths past ABC games did not and showed UHD and looked better. I notice HDR is darker but these games seem worse. I tried Dynamic setting on Samsung TV and it does look better on HDR shows. I thought it may wash things out like it does on HD but it did not.
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CCChe
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5 years ago
Hi @kidro2,
I'd be happy to investigate since you're still having poor quality while watching your games. Can you read my last post and send your account information?
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Anon1464678
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kidro2
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5 years ago
I know the default answer is to make sure connections are secure and to restart the X1 box, but first of all, my connections are good. Second other channels like ABC look good, Netflix and Amazon Prime look good, other content offered through Xfinity looks good, it’s just beem Fox, FS1 and apparently NBC that look bad. Third, don’t you think it would be a crazy coincidence if all of us just happened to have loose connections?
There has to be something else going on.
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user_RobertB
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5 years ago
I completely understand the urgency, and I know you have tried most of these steps to fix the issue. Since you mentioned what you have tried thus far, I can bypass certain steps and start with a signal hit to your cable boxes. If I run into a step we haven't tried, we can continue from there. Sending a signal to your cable box will interrupt your service for 3 - 5 minutes including any DVR recordings. Would it be okay to proceed?
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brisco06
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5 years ago
I agree 100% with everything kidr02 said. It is exactly my experience with 4K.
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