4 ms·

All things that can be fixed with good software. These problems are someone's opportunity.

• gdulli 11y ago
  The hardware isn't being built with DVR-like storage and there's nothing software can do to create additional bandwidth when it becomes too scarce. Cable just works and my other devices and neighbors don't threaten it. These problems all exist today and the needless but inevitable push for 4K is going to make them much worse.
  • freehunter 11y ago
    Having to use a DVR is something specific to live cable broadcasts. Internet streaming doesn't need anything like that, since the Internet is inherently interactive. Have you ever watched streaming sports on the Internet? Something like the MLB.tv platform, which is award-winning and used by millions of people not just for MLB but for other streaming media? It has rewind, picture-in-picture, the ability to watch multiple streams (home and away announcers) for the same event, the ability to either start from the beginning of the broadcast or start from live (and from live, rewind to the beginning if you so choose). You can also watch any game basically since baseball started being broadcast. None of those things exist on cable. So I'm not sure why you're saying that cable is a better sports-watching medium. Why the hell would I ever need to rewind a local copy of the game?