# FX Channel--why does the reception suck?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fx-channel-why-does-the-reception-suck/253336>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 3, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fx-channel-why-does-the-reception-suck/253336 "2004-07-03T04:02:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fx-channel-why-does-the-reception-suck/253336/1 "2004-07-03T04:02:17Z")

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I’ve noticed it for the past few weeks, but was never motivated to find out the reasons. Tonight, during the Busch race, I noticed it again, and dammit, now I need to know.

The picture skips, pixellates (if that’s even a word), and occasionally blacks out for less than a second. It was very pronounced during Nip/Tuck. Er, my wife was watching it, that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. Tonight was fairly clear in Scranton, so I don’t think it’s weather related. Any one else notice this? Any theories?

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**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fx-channel-why-does-the-reception-suck/253336/2 "2004-07-03T04:07:21Z")

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Oh man, I thought it was just us! My dad and I are huge fans of The Shield, but for the last few weeks of the season, FX would have terrible reception problems. We’d lose picture for seconds at a time, and all the other problems you mentioned. Oh, we were so pissed! But I called our cable company and they swore it wasn’t their fault. I’m sorry you’re having problems too, but I’m glad to hear it is an across-the-board problem with FX and not just us or our awful cable provider.

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**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fx-channel-why-does-the-reception-suck/253336/3 "2004-07-03T15:58:31Z")

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Actually, FX here has really good reception on digital cable. We did have some problems when we just had the basic stuff.