I usually just go to the guide, find the channel, highlight what I want (name of the show) and just click enter and it loads up the session…
I would also be fine if 3 minutes was the buffer, and I plan to test this more, but it seems like a 3 minute thing. But the UX should be much better. After 3 minutes, it should kill session like it does, but then just make it go back to the guide with nothing playing, or make a new session back to live on that same channel, or something. Not just freeze and error out
edit… I re-read your post, I’m going to go try and click the channel number, never done that, but when I’m watching from clicking the name of a show, it does keep playing when the next show starts
edit 2… I just went, on my guide I cannot select the channel on the far left, just like a normal guide, I can highlight the current playing show
