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re: Latest opinions on Directv now vs sling vs Vue vs Hulu Live TV
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:14 am to t00f
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:14 am to t00f
quote:It's probably not a wifi issue. I think the "latency" you mention is the 10 second buffer that it does.
I suspect their wifi is not great so they have too much latency in the live feed and they use a separate antenna for live OTA.
It buffers for about 10 seconds when you first tune a channel. This is due to the way it stores and transcodes the signal in order to support so many devices. I don't know if it's an actual technical limitation that can't be improved, or if it's a design choice by going with 10 second video chunks instead of shorter segments. I just know that when you click a channel, you're going to stare at a loading screen for 10 seconds. Now, once you start watching a channel the Tablo keeps it tuned in, so you can switch between two channels (or more if you have the 4 tuner Tablo) and it changes quickly. The same is also true if it is already recording a show on a channel.
This isn't a big deal for me, because usually when I'm watching something live (sports or something), I just want to watch that show and I won't be channel-surfing.
The only thing that kind of bothers me is the Tablo app (at least the Roku one) doesn't overlay the guide over the video. When I pull up the guide it stops whatever I'm watching. I'm hoping for an app update that changes this.
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:22 am to Korkstand
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The only thing that kind of bothers me is the Tablo app (at least the Roku one) doesn't overlay the guide over the video. When I pull up the guide it stops whatever I'm watching. I'm hoping for an app update that changes this.
Same for Apple Tv and this drives me up the wall. It cant be that hard to pull the guide in front of the pic.
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