A few days ago, this problem showed up again. It's not on all channels but I've noticed it on Spike, DIY and some of the discovery channels from time to time. Are they fscking around with the compression again?
Yup, same issue here. Same problem as last time, which ended up being on the transmission end...hope they fix it soon - for now, I am back to using the rewind button...
It behaves the same way now on all channels as HBO has always behaved when trying to fast forward or rewind. Often, it will just pause for a long period of time and either reboot itself or finally recovery and resume playing the program.