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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by jagged-chisel on Thursday December 19, 2019 @11:11AM (#21836158)
I remember when a family member first got satellite - the tuner would change instantly, and the show would "pepper in" over a second or so until the next full frame. There's no technical reason the change can't be displayed immediately - it might not be pretty, but whether that's preferable is subjective.
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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by jdofaz on Thursday December 19, 2019 @01:46PM (#21837860)
If my memory is correct that was the first directv/ussb system. I think I remember reading they were using something like a pre-finalized version of mpeg2.
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