Picture quality has suddenly worsened

Hi Randy,

Sorry you're having issues with your Xbox. In the dashboard do you have your TV resolution to autodetect as well? Have you tried setting it to the max resolution your TV supports (720p, 1080p)? If the letters are stretching off the screen usually that's
due to an improper resolution setting.

The fundamental problem with the X1 is that it cannot do a simple GUI overlay onto an HDMI input signal without molesting it in a way that measurably worsens the picture quality. This has been proven over and over again by countless posters here who previously
had setups that worked flawlessly.

This is something that nearly all modern AVRs worth their salt can do perfectly, and yet your XBOX ONE team cannot figure this out. We're willing to help you guys out in any way we can, but until you admit that the problem is internal there is nothing we
can do. Also note, in addition to picture quality degradation there is noticeable lip sync delay being introduced by the X1 processing chain as well.

Until you commit yourselves to fixing these issues no home theater enthusiast can ever replace their devices with an X1.

Hello XB1R Hermes,

1. Removing extra HDMI hops is a good idea. The longer the daisy chain the higher chance for a reduction of quality (audio and video)

The whole purpose was to install the Xbox One in between the Cable/Sat box and your TV so you can have TV and other Snap-Ins on the same screen. My point is that the Xbox One degrades the High Def picture to non high-def level.





2. 5.1 and 7.1 Dolby uncompressed audio format is supported, and does work very well.



Yep, it does work over the HDMI output, but is not currently supported on the optical out. Only DTS or Stereo is supported on optical out. I have even seen other posts stating that there is a patch coming out sometime to correct this. Not everybody has
an updated AV Receiver that accepts HDMI input so they only have optical as a solution. That being said, I just got a new AV Receiver so this is now a moot point.



4. On this forum section I always ask for the following info, please help me by providing this information to know where to direct focus



DirecTv HR21-700

Denon AVR-E300

Xbox One

Samsung Rear Projection TV up to 1080p



Here is signal flow:



DirecTv --> Denone AVR --> Xbox One --> Samsung TV



This setup gives poor quality video. When I remove the Xbox from the equation, my video quality goes right back to where it should be. I have even run the directv directly to the Xbox and then TV and still get crappy picture.



It is definitely the Xbox One that is the problem and Microsoft should fix it.

Hi Folks,

There seems to be a wide causation of issues here, so I will give this a top down view:

1. Removing extra HDMI hops is a good idea. The longer the daisy chain the higher chance for a reduction of quality (audio and video)

- For car enthusiasts, think of this like a driveshaft. The longer the driveshaft the lower the total amount of horsepower is transferred to the pumpkin.

- There is no such thing as a perfect pass-through, even hubs and nice switches isolate the network path to layer data more efficiently. Thus a reduction of quality can be expected. This is normal as 2 additional hops (including an AVR).

2. 5.1 and 7.1 Dolby uncompressed audio format is supported, and does work very well.

3. Match the out/inputs. If the Xbox is at 1080p, the AVR is 1080p, and Cable box is 720p. That means that each device in the chain is going to attempt to upscale 1080p (Including the TV), thus reduction of quality of video and/or audio.

4. On this forum section I always ask for the following info, please help me by providing this information to know where to direct focus:

- TV provider

- Layout (cable box HDMI Xbox One HDMI TV)

- Make/Model (cable box and AVR if being used)

Cheers!

I also have this problem. Noticed the reduction visual quality on the TV signal immediately. My setup is ATT Uverse main DVR connected to xbox one through hdmi cable (one that I've used for a couple of years without issue)xbox to ONkyo tr805 receiver via
the xbox included HDMI, then the same type of hdmi from receiver to vizio M701 TV.

I'm also having the freezing of my TV app issue, choppy audio. Its not unusable, but its pretty close. Very annoying for a very expensive piece of equipment.