Why seven?

[riderj]

When you pause a program, for example, up comes the progress bar, the program name, and other stuff, all superimposed over the “black bar” which stays there for an excruciatingly long 7 seconds.

WHO chose 7 seconds?

 

[Jim5506]

When you pause a program, for example, up comes the progress bar, the program name, and other stuff, all superimposed over the “black bar” which stays there for an excruciatingly long 7 seconds.

WHO chose 7 seconds?

It was that squirrel on New York.
That's why they executed him.

 

[Almighty1]

Better seven than eleven seconds...

 

[Howard Simmons]

It was that squirrel on New York.
That's why they executed him.

Don't they have a 7 second delay on just about everything on TV because of what people might say?

 

[Bobby]

It's to give me time to put on my reading glasses to see whatever it is saying!

 

[BatStang2000]

I just hit the "back" button and it goes away.