"LIVE" time-delay inquiry

[levibluewa]

I'm certain that someone in this forum knows the answer to this. In comparing Directv, DISH, and Comcast I recently noticed that the same MLB game on Directv was 5-10 seconds ahead of the DISH feed and up to 15 seconds ahead of the same feed on Comcast. Is this the result of signal processing? or what? Also, can anyone chime in on where the MLB feed of games via Roku, etc., fits in as to the games being LIVE...5-seconds pass LIVE, 10-seconds pass LIVE, etc. Thanks in advance.

 

[raoul5788]

All of the providers do some processing that delays the signal. The hd feed from Directv is behind the sd feed. Apparently Directv is doing less processing than the others.

 

[Jimbo]

I think the SD will always be ahead of the HD , simply for what you mentioned, theres more processing to do.

 

[joed32]

I'm certain that someone in this forum knows the answer to this. In comparing Directv, DISH, and Comcast I recently noticed that the same MLB game on Directv was 5-10 seconds ahead of the DISH feed and up to 15 seconds ahead of the same feed on Comcast. Is this the result of signal processing? or what? Also, can anyone chime in on where the MLB feed of games via Roku, etc., fits in as to the games being LIVE...5-seconds pass LIVE, 10-seconds pass LIVE, etc. Thanks in advance.

Even multiple receivers from the same provider and in the same house will not be in sync. My living room is slightly behind the den which is closer to the dish.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Even multiple receivers from the same provider and in the same house will not be in sync. My living room is slightly behind the den which is closer to the dish.

Ive seen this as well. Of course OTA is ahead of all of them.

 

[detroit_fan]

my parents have comcast, their sports are about 5 seconds ahead of D*, which makes it impossible for me and my dad to talk while watching the end of a game

 

[george99]

I once lived in a densely populated area with lots of apartment buildings. When there was a big game on, the people with the satellite service would always get pissed because they would hear the cheering of the people with the cable or OTA cheering a few seconds earlier, and it kills the suspense.

 

[JohnL]

Actually it depends on the channel in question. For instance if I tune to one of my local channels on a SD receiver the SD channel is about 1-2 seconds behind the HD channel. The reason for this is the local channels are harvested in HD, and have to be converted to SD and then rebroadcast in SD.