I live in Charlotte and watched over Digital Cable, and I saw exactly what you described. It seemed like right before the snap, the entire screen went out of focus. But since the score ticket at the bottom also went out of focus, I definitely agree with your assumption about the video encoder having problems. I wonder if it happened because the screen was actually still for a second or two before the snap and for some reason the variable bit rate decreased due to lack of motion.
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I live in Charlotte and watched over Digital Cable, and I saw exactly what you described. It seemed like right before the snap, the entire screen went out of focus. But since the score ticket at the bottom also went out of focus, I definitely agree with your assumption about the video encoder having problems. I wonder if it happened because the screen was actually still for a second or two before the snap and for some reason the variable bit rate decreased due to lack of motion.