[mythtvnz] PVR-350 delays

[Dagan Galarneau]

Thanks for the input Gary.  When I had a Tivo I would rarely if ever watch 
live TV.  The problem I was having was when I was trying to use Sky's 
interface.  I couldn't see the result of any button I pressed for several 
seconds.  I suppose this too would be a rare occurrence once I have 
everything up and running.

I may have to give the video out another try on the PVR-350.  The quality 
is probably a good deal better than the Via's SVID out, although the video 
coming out of the Pace Sky box is so bad I'm not sure I'll notice the 
difference.

At 03:50 p.m. 1/12/2005 +1300, Gary Te Young wrote:
>Hi Dagan,
>
> >The last time I tried using the PVR-350's video output, I was impressed
> >with the picture quality.  However, the driver had a delay of about 2
> >seconds while the buffer filled before it started playing.
>
>Yes there is still a delay, but Craig is right, this is to buffer the
>program  you are watching.  I don't know how much live TV you watch but I
>found I was watching less and less of live TV and recording the shows I
>actually wanted to watch.
>
>I think the only live programs I would watch are live events such as the
>football.  Apart from this, why watch live TV?  A 1 hour show is actually 40
>mins long so rather than watching the show straight away, I watch a recorded
>half hour show.  The half hour show is actually 20 minutes long and when
>that is finished I then watch the 1 hour show which is now 20 minutes into
>the program.  I then catch up to realtime at the end of the show having
>watched an extra show and all with no ads.  Not bad for only having to wait
>4 seconds don't you think? :)
>
>Regards,
>Gary Te Young