Showing posts with label speedtest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label speedtest. Show all posts

22 December 2006

Low Bandwidth Testing?

A new channel appeared recently, Testing. It appears to be a "test channel for lower bandwidth." I wonder what this is all about? What does KyLinTV qualify as "lower bandwidth?" I would like to see them perfect the higher bandwidth first ;)

17 December 2006

KyLinTV Speed Test - Are You Joking?

Whoa! I am sure one of the first things everybody does when they get their KyLinTV set-top box is run the speed test function built-in.

From the home screen press the "Test" button 3 times

I am sure you have all been depressed by the results, I know I was! My results are between 2.66 Mbps and 2.99 Mbps. I kept thinking that maybe it was my wireless network. So I plugged directly into my gigabit router. Nope, still in the same range. So, I tested the speed at SpeedTest.net with the following results:


 

Video / Audio Sync

Okay, I know that Internet video sometimes lags. I also understand that occassionaly during the encoding process the video and audio don't synch perfectly. But KyLinTV needs to get it together!
I have only had the service a few weeks now but this appears to be major problem. I would venture to say that 90% or more of the time the video and audio on KyLinTV is so out of sync that there is anywhere from a 1-5 second difference. This isn't a problem if you are watching a show where you don't see the person talking ;) but when you actually watch the mouth and hear their voice 1-5 seconds later or vice-versa, it is incredibly annoying!
I would just like to see their encoding process improve at least enough that the video and audio are synchronized.
Anybody else having problems with this?

Just because I know somebody will ask my bandwidth test results are below from SpeedTest.net: