Sparklies is a formal term, as used by British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) and a number of hardware makers including Amstrad and Pace, for interference on analogue satellite television transmissions. Sparklies are black or white `hard` interference dots (as opposed to the `soft` interference patterns of terrestrial television), caused either by t...
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Little 'flecks' of white or black that appear on-screen. A well-known and fairly common problem with analogue satellite reception; completely impossible with digital. [having said that, the digital reception can be affected by the same thing that causes the sparklies in the picture, and if there are too many, the picture will break up] On the le...
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