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How come fast forward and rewind don’t work like they do on a VCR or DVD player?

April 26, 2017don’t dvd player fast forward rewind VCR

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How come fast forward and rewind don’t work like they do on a VCR or DVD player?

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With current Video On Demand technology it is difficult to control video as precisely as you can when using a VCR or DVD player in your home. To work around this, Northwestel Video On Demand uses a skip forward and skip back system. Pressing these buttons causes the movie to skip 2 minutes in the direction specified.

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With current video-on-demand technology it is difficult to control video as precisely as you can when using a VCR or DVD player in your home. To work around this, Shaw Video On Demand uses a skip forward and skip back system. Pressing these buttons causes the movie to skip 2 minutes in the direction specified.