[mythtv-users] Freevo, Tivo & MythTV

[Marco Nelissen]

>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.

Well there goes *that* theory then... :(