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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
QuickView allows you to watch recorded material 30% quicker, so without it it will take 30% longer to watch a programme. I don't know how they do it, but it doesn't make people talk like a speeded up cartoon character!
Does anybody know if the VOD services have the option to speed up playback? I believe that the iPlayer might. If this is the case, it can't be a TiVo patented function, so could theoretically be added to the 360.
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BBC iPlayer is an outlier in providing variable playback with its self‑contained HTML5 app, and we won't see this playback for other apps due to technical issues and/or rights from content owners.
The technical issues include Horizon 4's player, used by all other apps, which does not provide this capability.
The rights issues are about content owners who don't want their streams altered, and even if they did it's a big job to do this for the tiny percentage of those who want it.