Discussion Fix PQ Issues on Airtel Xstream box due to HDR

[Sukhwant Singh]

What's the model number of your TV?

Thomson

 

[airsky]

The latest xtream box made by dixon technologies is worst among all xtream boxrs.. the SD channel pic quality is very bad .

 

[rohan74]

The latest xtream box made by dixon technologies is worst among all xtream boxrs.. the SD channel pic quality is very bad .

Agree

 

[Roleplayer]

My Android box giving amazing pq earlier after Android move ver 9 to 10+. Very happy. No regret to pay 153 min monthly.

 

[HappySoul]

The latest xtream box made by dixon technologies is worst among all xtream boxrs.. the SD channel pic quality is very bad .

Now I saw this after scrolling through posts..my friend has xstream 3, I will test with his box and see

 

[DTH_enthusiast]

Thanks for you input @Siva.
I tried this. Once I connect xstream box, tv automatically detects it as HDR input and switches on HDR.
My TV is acting too smart and making me feel like dumb.
I do not have old HDMI cable.
There should be a way to disable it from box settings.

The problem is not the TV, it's poor implementation of HDR on the Xstream box. The geniuses at Airtel thought that it was a good idea to set HDR to ALWAYS ON. They didn't even give an option to manually turn it off or set it to adaptive/ automatic. I am also facing this issue with the new Android 12 Xstream box. So I connected the damn thing to an older non-HDR tv and using Binge+ box on my new TV.

 

[HappySoul]

The problem is not the TV, it's poor implementation of HDR on the Xstream box. The geniuses at Airtel thought that it was a good idea to set HDR to ALWAYS ON. They didn't even give an option to manually turn it off or set it to adaptive/ automatic. I am also facing this issue with the new Android 12 Xstream box. So I connected the damn thing to an older non-HDR tv and using Binge+ box on my new TV.

Atleast in xstream 3 there is an option to set HDR to either off or Auto but in xstream 4 they have completely removed HDR setting

 

[DTH_enthusiast]

Atleast in xstream 3 there is an option to set HDR to either off or Auto but in xstream 4 they have completely removed HDR setting

Yeah! Typical Airtel stuff... Moreover, in some HD channels, especially Star Sports Select 1, 2 and on star 4K, the audio is delayed a bit, if dolby is on. On stereo/PCM mode, it does not happen. Same case with HD box also. On Tata play there's no such issue... I have both and use both.

 

[HappySoul]

Yeah! Typical Airtel stuff... Moreover, in some HD channels, especially Star Sports Select 1, 2 and on star 4K, the audio is delayed a bit, if dolby is on. On stereo/PCM mode, it does not happen. Same case with HD box also. On Tata play there's no such issue... I have both and use both.

Also not to forget they removed picture settings (brightness, contrast, sharpness ,hue) from xstream4