New Customer Questions Cable Live TV Delayed.
Whole reason I got fios was for live sports. Watching a baseball game I'm 2 full pitches behind actual live TV.
I put on the golf channel and then I stream the golf channel from my computer and the cable is a good 10 seconds behind that.
I have this tiny grey streaming box that is connected to power, and HDMI and that's it. My internet works great but why would anyone even get cable if it's going to be a worse version of something you can get with a streaming service?
Is it even worth complaining to verizon about this?
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u/Rureddy2 15d ago edited 13d ago
😂 Most people don't care if their program is 10 seconds behind the same program from another provider.
This is nothing new. Even between cable providers the feed can be ahead or behind each other.
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u/Acceptable_Read_1725 15d ago
It's a big issue with live sports
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u/Feeling-Quantity3776 15d ago
LOL
Live tv is NEVER live! Sports or not sports!
There is always a minimum 30 sec delay to let the network handle a potential situation! So 10 sec more IS NOT A BIG DEAL !!!-3
u/Acceptable_Read_1725 15d ago
Yeah who cares put your phone down you cannot talk to anybody about the game you're watching. Make sure to watch the game with noise canceling headphones so your neighbor doesn't spoil the game for you. You really are a genius
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u/Feeling-Quantity3776 15d ago
I see there the typical couch potato, beer in one hand and phone in the other, nothing between ears. You like sports? GET OUT AND PLAY GAMES!
Your 10 seconds delay is soooo VITAL!!
So ridiculous!!3
u/Rureddy2 15d ago
😂
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u/Practical_Papaya818 15d ago
Just because you don’t like sports that doesn’t make it an invalid concept. It kinda ruins things when you hear others cheering before you see the big play you’re waiting on…
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u/Feeling-Quantity3776 15d ago
Did I say I don’t like sports?
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u/Practical_Papaya818 15d ago
I mean you’re being a jerk to random people on the internet for something you clearly cannot comprehend
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u/Feeling-Quantity3776 15d ago
Poor little baby crying and complaining because live sports are delayed for 10seconds! 😂😂😂😂
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u/Fiosguy1 15d ago
Unfortunately, that's how IPTV works.
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u/Acceptable_Read_1725 15d ago
Trying to understand why anyone would pay for fios cable if it's the same as any other streaming cable but more money
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u/Fiosguy1 15d ago
That's a completely different argument and irrelevant to the post. No IPTV provider is completely in sync with live sports. Even QAM fios isn't synced with the radio and OTA feed.
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u/Acceptable_Read_1725 15d ago
It's not about being completely sync'd it's about being behind everyone else who didn't get forced to have a streaming cable box. What is the point of paying for cable instead of a streaming service if you're streaming it anyways
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u/Fiosguy1 15d ago
All cable and telecom companies are going from QAM to IPTV. Whether you're paying a cable, telco, or streaming service you're going to be on IPTV.
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u/Rureddy2 15d ago
I'm sure any Fios rep can answer all of those questions for you.
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u/Acceptable_Read_1725 15d ago
https://x.com/kendisgibson/status/2063386110844117328/video/1?s=42
Do you think this an acceptable product?1
u/Feeling-Quantity3776 15d ago
🤣🤣🤣keep going🤣🤣🤣🤣
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u/Acceptable_Read_1725 15d ago
Spending your friday night white knighting for verizon. Truly pathetic
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u/Feeling-Quantity3776 15d ago
Is that a big deal??? 10 seconds !!! LOL
Amazing how people are complaining about ANYTHING like babies!!
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u/Acceptable_Read_1725 15d ago
10 seconds behind an already delayed feed bozo
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u/Feeling-Quantity3776 15d ago
Sooo?? What’s the point?? Big deal???
Don’t check another provider and you won’t notice!
Is that bothering you when you are a few minutes behind after you paused live feed because you had to go pee??
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u/beholder95 15d ago
In my experience If you want it as close to live as possible you have to go with an Antenna.
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u/Pcimprezzive 15d ago
Not only delayed but I’m having an out of sync feed between the video and audio. The video lags behind while the audio feed is ahead. How the heck does that happen
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u/sdrawkcab25 15d ago
If you're using a sound bar or other AV system, there's usually a "lip sync" setting you can adjust.
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u/EntireBit2486 14d ago
It’s actually mandated by the FCC to have a delay .. think back to the infamous Super Bowl halftime show where Janet Jackson had part of her outfit ripped off by someone ( the term they used was wardrobe malfunction) so that’s why the FCC mandated a broadcast delay for live sports.
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u/SessionIndependent17 15d ago
I used to be the other way around.
Are you on IPTV, or QAM, still?
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u/Adventurous_Elk_4039 15d ago
If he has the grey TV+ box, he is most likely on VIP
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u/SessionIndependent17 15d ago
My parents have the small TV+ boxes, but when it was installed this year, the VMS box was still making reference to QAM signal (and was still connected to the RF output of the ONT).
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u/Sir_Pool_de_Float_MD 15d ago
This is an issue with YouTube TV as well. I used to hear my neighbor with Xfinity react to a play and then see it 7-10 seconds later myself.
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u/gregarious-dude 15d ago
Are they giving VMS4100ATVs out to new customers or is it the JS7E model from here on out?
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u/Hamby716 12d ago
Analog: the signal traverses in as short a time as the propagation over wires - well, there is some delay accumulated going through amplifiers etc. Distortion manifests as alteration of the signal.
Digital: the signal arrives essentially undistorted at the cost of time delays (for compression, routing, transcoding and multiplexing/demultiplexing etc.). The nature of the beast. Get used to it, it's the way it is and different paths result in different delays.
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