SteamAhead Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Last night I thought I would give a go of renting a HD Movie on the xbox. Shutter Island took my fancy, so up comes an option to stream or download. Thought I'd go for the download option (at 10gb feewww) Couple of hours later I sit down to watch said film to find the picture stutters ever so slightly We are talking a millisecond stutter every minute or so, just enough to annoy My setup is: 50" Samsung 1080p plasma Xbox 360 elite outputting 1080p Pioneer Surround Sound using optic cable through xbox I logged off of Live to see if that would help which it didn't. So wondering if anyone has any ideas or if you have had the same problem? I have googled the problem but not much coming back or it's me not searching correctly Must admit I don't think I'll rent again if it's like this. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeG Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 i had similar problems with sky player, when a friend of mine who works in game(very knowledged in these areas) came over and he seen i was using the cable supplied with the xbox, you know the one with the switch for hdtv and normal tv and said thats the problem, i had to buy a HD cable and it cleared up my picture on sky player! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamAhead Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 Yep afraid i'm using a proper HD Cable so no that When i view trailers or watch sky on xbox it seems fine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin.starr Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 which model xbox are you using. I had the old elite and i had the same problems with mine, bought the new xbox and i havent had a problem since. so i presume it was something to do with the conection on the xbox itself as i did use it all the time at mates house so putting the hdmi in and out all the time probable wore the conection points out. You could try cleaning them and see if it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamAhead Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 I have the last of the Old Elite's with the Jasper chip in it bought around Jan/Feb time this year, so still pretty new. (my old Elite was sold due to the great rrod problems) As I say; other content can play fine.. trailers, sky etc.. just I begrudge paying to rent another movie if I'm having to put up with a stutter now and again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamAhead Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 One other thing i don't like: Once you start watching the film you then only have 24hrs to watch it So if you have to stop half way, then ya stuffed if you dont get to see it within 24hrs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin.starr Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 same with any DVD rental places though, you haave to send it back at some point. at least you dont get a fine for not taking it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamAhead Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 True but they are normally a little longer than 24hrs though.. Guess i've found out the hard way just sat down to watch the rest of the film to find i've gone slightly over the 24hrs Yep i now cant watch the rest of my stuttering film, grrrrrrrr!!!! So my conclusion of download renting: RUBBISH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Clear your hard drive cache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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