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I care. One of my worst slow system experiences is my "new" Xfinity X1 "Entertainment System." Latency to remote control button press is on the order of a secon

I care. One of my worst slow system experiences is my "new" Xfinity X1 "Entertainment System." Latency to remote control button press is on the order of a second or more. Worse than that, it will put prompts up on screen and not be ready for the input. For example, when I finish watching a recorded program it puts op a "Delete" prompt. If O press the OK button when this prompt appears, nothing happens. I have to wait a second or two and press the OK button again. When I open the list of recorded programs it can take from 2-4 (or more) seconds to display anything. The delays are long enough that I am often left wondering if it registered a button press or if I need to press again. I have to wait at a minimum 4-5 seconds to see if the system is catching up or if I need to repeat an action. It's a constant irritation when using the system. It baffles me that their flagship product is so non-performant. I guess that when you have no real competition there is no motivation to produce a better system.

davidjnelson 8y ago
Comcast dvrs are indeed terrible. I'd at least go tivo, but these days if you have a computer hooked up to your tv and a nice wireless keyboard, you can run youtube tv and it is _much much better_.
majewsky 8y ago
I had an LG "Smart" TV for a year. It was horrible. Suppose that I want to change the channel to number 54: 1. Pick up remote. Type "5", "4", "OK". Put down remote. 2. Wait for 5 seconds. A "5" appears on the screen. 3. Wait for 2 seconds. A "4" appears on the screen. 4. Wait for 2 seconds. Channel switches. I sold it and got a 40" screen for my PC instead. The PC actually boots faster than the "Smart" TV.
- pier25 8y ago
  Smart TVs are generally terrible. It's usually better to just use an Nvidia Shield or an Apple TV for the smart functionality. Manufacturers like LG and Samsung are terrible at UX/UI, and then you have others using Android TV which is great but using crappy low performance SOCs like Sony does.

davidjnelson 8y ago

Comcast dvrs are indeed terrible. I'd at least go tivo, but these days if you have a computer hooked up to your tv and a nice wireless keyboard, you can run youtube tv and it is _much much better_.

majewsky 8y ago

I had an LG "Smart" TV for a year. It was horrible. Suppose that I want to change the channel to number 54: 1. Pick up remote. Type "5", "4", "OK". Put down remote. 2. Wait for 5 seconds. A "5" appears on the screen. 3. Wait for 2 seconds. A "4" appears on the screen. 4. Wait for 2 seconds. Channel switches. I sold it and got a 40" screen for my PC instead. The PC actually boots faster than the "Smart" TV.

pier25 8y ago
Smart TVs are generally terrible. It's usually better to just use an Nvidia Shield or an Apple TV for the smart functionality. Manufacturers like LG and Samsung are terrible at UX/UI, and then you have others using Android TV which is great but using crappy low performance SOCs like Sony does.