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		stavros on Jan 8, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ransomware Spreading onto Smart TVs, Is a Pain to ... Hmm, if that were the case, wouldn't the time spent waiting be variable? That would mean that you'd sometimes get instant switches, when the I-frame was the next frame you received after the switch.

tinus_hn on Jan 8, 2017 [–]

It is variable, the stations are multiplexed on channels, so sometimes you can use the same stream and sometimes you have to switch. That takes time.

I presume the TV hides that by always taking the same amount of time to change stations.

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