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Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 8:18 PM

Why does live buffer stop while i am watching a recorded show?

Why does live buffer stop while i am watching a recorded show? For example if i select a 1/2 hr recorded comedy to watch while an hour long dram is buffering, when i come back to TV it starts at that point as if i just changed to that channel and no buffer is available.

ACE - Expert

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36.9K Messages

10 years ago

One stream out of only four?  per TV?   I surely wouldn't want that.  Maybe when most subscribers have gigapower they'll increase the stream limits to where that would make sense.

 

Tutor

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7 Messages

10 years ago

Just add one more dedicated stream. After 15 years of having it on other systems, do I really have to go backwards now ?


ACE - Expert

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36.9K Messages

10 years ago

The number of streams is based on bandwidth limitations.  That stream would be necessary for each TV Receiver, thus your "one stream" is now two extra streams for two receivers, meaning two TVs watching live TV now consume all the streams in a non-Gigapower home (and all but one in a Gigapower home).

 

I'm not saying that it shouldn't work the way you ask in a perfect world.  However, U-verse has to work within limitations, and the stream limitation being one of the most confining.  They're supposedly reengineering U-verse towards a common platform with DIRECTV.  Maybe then you can get it.

 

ACE - Expert

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28.3K Messages

10 years ago


@Amassengale wrote:
Just add one more dedicated stream. After 15 years of having it on other systems, do I really have to go backwards now ?



Who gets to use that 'dedicated stream'?  Me or family members watching the other 2 boxes?

 

That's like the commercial showing the family members fighting over the last Eggo!

Tutor

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7 Messages

10 years ago

I hope so. Thanks much for the info.



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