[mythtv-users] Freevo, Tivo & MythTV

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Nov 18, 2006, at 10:55 AM, Marco Nelissen wrote:

>> Reading this threat i did some testing:
>> - channel changing between PVR500 source: 1-2 seconds normally,  
>> rarely more
>> - channel changing between SAT source: up to 8 seconds.
>> On SAT i strongly suspect that the combination of MythTV tuner  
>> code and
>> kernel DVB-S drivers is not optimal. On a DVB-S SAT i am getting  
>> channel
>> change times of about 2 seconds.
>
> Didn't somebody else say yesterday that high-def channel changes  
> were slow,
> while analog channel changes are fast? Maybe we're on to something  
> here.
> Question: is there anyone whose digital/HD channel changes are  
> under 3 seconds?

My PVR-350 and HD-5500 change channels at almost exactly the same  
speed. 2-3 seconds each.