Pause Function now different

[johnstred]

Not sue when this changed, but I loved the fact that when I paused a recorded program, unpausing it would restart a second or so before the pause. This made it nice to ensure you got all the dialog. Now it seems like it restarts a fraction of a second after the pause marker and at times seems like we miss a word or so of the dialog. Any thoughts? (I have a vip622 with the latest software 6.22)

 

[jsaxon2]

I noticed that also. I like the way it was before. I ave a Vip722.

 

[JDGJr]

That was a great feature. too bad they break the good stuff

 

[jlong27]

Thanks for pointing this out. Now it's going to annoy me!

 

[tsc]

I don't believe this is necessarily a software change -- I think it has to do with MPEG2 vs MPEG4. I've noticed the pause changes, as well as different (slower) fast forward/rewind speeds on an MPEG4 program. Compare it to an MPEG2 program and you'll see it operate the 'old' way.

At least this is my experience...

 

[Lord_Vader]

It was a little annoying at first. Now I don't care anymore.

 

[Jim S.]

I can't say I've noticed the change, but I never liked it when the pause function backed up. I'm not concerned with the soundtrack, I like to be able to freeze-frame the video accurately.

 

[DefDude]

this was an issue many updates ago, I think they even talked about it on one of the tech chats and then fixed it with a software update, I guess that forgot to include this fix in 622

 

[kvnfl]

Thanks for pointing this out. Now it's going to annoy me!

And it will. It has been annoying me for months.

 

[SpaethCo]

My guess is this change would be to avoid any potential conflict with Tivo patent 7,493,015 B1 (an "Automatic Playback Overshoot Correction System").