[mythtvnz] Channel changing time

Wade Maxfield mythtvnz at hotblack.co.nz
Wed Dec 5 23:10:11 GMT 2007


Robin Gilks wrote:

> The normal terrestrial channels mostly
> use just under a 4 minute ad break so I press <3><right><right> which
> skips 3 mins then 30 seconds so I'm not far off (sometimes requires a
> <right><left><left> if I know I've landed on a long advert!!).
> 

A disturbing thing I've found is Sky 1 have had breaks over 5 minutes
during some programs (5:20 something in fact during Dexter).  I think
they maybe using the breaks to pad out some shows to have just over
1hr10 listed run times, so that start and end times don't line up nicely
between channels.

  - Wade




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