[mythtv-users] Idea for faster channel surfing
Brad Templeton
brad+myth at templetons.com
Fri Dec 3 00:10:24 UTC 2004
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 05:30:50PM -0500, Michael Starks wrote:
> I had an idea about how the delay might be reduced when changing
> channels. In a 2+ tuner system, can one tuner "leapfrog" the other and
> start buffering the next or previous channel, depending on the direction
> the user is surfing?
>
> For example, I start at channel three.
> Tuner two starts buffering channel four.
> I go to channel four and start reading the buffer.
> Tuner 1 starts buffering channel five.
Thought of this years ago and blogged it earlier on this year:
http://ideas.4brad.com/archives/000103.html
But oddly, just reposted it yesterday in some other myth discussion
areas. Something whose time has come -- if it weren't for the fact
that part of "getting" a PVR is to realize that channel surfing
is a silly idea.
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