diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/lcddevice.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/lcddevice.cpp
index 67ddc87ffaf..e971b6a58c5 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/lcddevice.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/lcddevice.cpp
@@ -473,13 +473,14 @@ void LCD::setTunerLEDs(enum LCDTunerSet tuner, bool on)
     sendToServer(QString("UPDATE_LEDS %1").arg(lcd_ledmask));
 }
 
-void LCD::setChannelProgress(float value)
+void LCD::setChannelProgress(const QString time, float value)
 {
     if (!lcd_ready || !lcd_showchannel)
         return;
 
     value = std::min(std::max(0.0f, value), 1.0f);
-    sendToServer(QString("SET_CHANNEL_PROGRESS %1").arg(value));
+    sendToServer(QString("SET_CHANNEL_PROGRESS %1 %2").arg(quotedString(time))
+        .arg(value));
 }
 
 void LCD::setGenericProgress(float value)
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/lcddevice.h b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/lcddevice.h
index 16353b81691..c8181821204 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/lcddevice.h
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/lcddevice.h
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class MPUBLIC LCD : public QObject, public MythSocketCBs
     // While watching Live/Recording/Pause Buffer, occasionaly describe how
     // much of the program has been seen (between 0.0 and 1.0)
     // (e.g. [current time - start time] / [end time - start time]  )
-    void setChannelProgress(float percentViewed);
+    void setChannelProgress(const QString time, float percentViewed);
 
     // Show the Menu
     // QPtrList is a pointer to a bunch of menu items
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/tv_play.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/tv_play.cpp
index 92844947a66..d1a27cc8dfb 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/tv_play.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/tv_play.cpp
@@ -2930,6 +2930,7 @@ bool TV::HandleLCDTimerEvent(void)
     if (lcd)
     {
         float progress = 0.0f;
+        QString lcd_time_string;
         bool showProgress = true;
 
         if (StateIsLiveTV(GetState(actx)))
@@ -2944,10 +2945,16 @@ bool TV::HandleLCDTimerEvent(void)
         if (showProgress)
         {
             osdInfo info;
-            if (actx->CalcPlayerSliderPosition(info))
+            if (actx->CalcPlayerSliderPosition(info)) {
                 progress = info.values["position"] * 0.001f;
+
+                lcd_time_string = info.text["playedtime"] + " / " + info.text["totaltime"];
+                // if the string is longer than the LCD width, remove all spaces
+                if (lcd_time_string.length() > (int)lcd->getLCDWidth())
+                    lcd_time_string.remove(' ');
+            }
         }
-        lcd->setChannelProgress(progress);
+        lcd->setChannelProgress(lcd_time_string, progress);
     }
     ReturnPlayerLock(actx);
 
diff --git a/mythtv/programs/mythlcdserver/lcdprocclient.cpp b/mythtv/programs/mythlcdserver/lcdprocclient.cpp
index 301a269e49b..7df20f47a77 100644
--- a/mythtv/programs/mythlcdserver/lcdprocclient.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/programs/mythlcdserver/lcdprocclient.cpp
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ void LCDProcClient::init()
     setPriority("Channel", LOW);
     sendToServer("widget_add Channel topWidget string");
     sendToServer("widget_add Channel botWidget string");
+    sendToServer("widget_add Channel timeWidget string");
     sendToServer("widget_add Channel progressBar hbar");
 
     // The Generic Screen
@@ -1124,6 +1125,7 @@ void LCDProcClient::startChannel(QString channum, QString title, QString subtitl
         formatScrollingWidgets();
     }
 
+    channel_time = "";
     progress = 0.0;
     outputChannel();
 }
@@ -1679,12 +1681,13 @@ void LCDProcClient::setLevels(int numbLevels, float *values)
     }
 }
 
-void LCDProcClient::setChannelProgress(float value)
+void LCDProcClient::setChannelProgress(const QString &time, float value)
 {
     if (!lcd_ready)
         return;
 
     progress = value;
+    channel_time = time;
 
     if (progress < 0.0)
         progress = 0.0;
@@ -2160,6 +2163,9 @@ void LCDProcClient::outputChannel()
         aString += " ";
         aString += QString::number((int)rint(progress * lcdWidth * cellWidth));
         sendToServer(aString);
+
+        if (lcdHeight >= 4)
+            outputCenteredText("Channel", channel_time, "timeWidget", 3);
     }
     else
         sendToServer("widget_set Channel progressBar 1 1 0");
@@ -2313,6 +2319,7 @@ void LCDProcClient::removeWidgets()
 {
     sendToServer("widget_del Channel progressBar");
     sendToServer("widget_del Channel topWidget");
+    sendToServer("widget_del Channel timeWidget");
     sendToServer("screen_del Channel");
 
     sendToServer("widget_del Generic progressBar");
diff --git a/mythtv/programs/mythlcdserver/lcdprocclient.h b/mythtv/programs/mythlcdserver/lcdprocclient.h
index 5a31200fbad..a87339d3862 100644
--- a/mythtv/programs/mythlcdserver/lcdprocclient.h
+++ b/mythtv/programs/mythlcdserver/lcdprocclient.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class LCDProcClient : public QObject
     void setLevels(int numbLevels, float *values);
     void switchToChannel(QString channum = "", QString title = "", 
                          QString subtitle = "");
-    void setChannelProgress(float percentViewed);
+    void setChannelProgress(const QString &time, float percentViewed);
     void switchToMenu(QList<LCDMenuItem> *menuItems, QString app_name = "",
                       bool popMenu = true);
     void switchToGeneric(QList<LCDTextItem> *textItems);
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ class LCDProcClient : public QObject
 
     float EQlevels[10];
     float progress;
+    QString channel_time;
     /** true if the generic progress indicator is a busy
         (ie. doesn't have a known total steps */
     bool busy_progress;
diff --git a/mythtv/programs/mythlcdserver/lcdserver.cpp b/mythtv/programs/mythlcdserver/lcdserver.cpp
index fce6036d559..7ffb2b0699f 100644
--- a/mythtv/programs/mythlcdserver/lcdserver.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/programs/mythlcdserver/lcdserver.cpp
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ void LCDServer::setChannelProgress(const QStringList &tokens, QTcpSocket *socket
 
     QString flat = tokens.join(" ");
 
-    if (tokens.count() != 2)
+    if (tokens.count() != 3)
     {
         VERBOSE(VB_IMPORTANT, "LCDServer: bad SET_CHANNEL_PROGRESS command: "
                 << flat);
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ void LCDServer::setChannelProgress(const QStringList &tokens, QTcpSocket *socket
     }
 
     bool bOK;
-    float progress = tokens[1].toFloat(&bOK);
+    float progress = tokens[2].toFloat(&bOK);
     if (!bOK)
     {
         VERBOSE(VB_IMPORTANT, "LCDServer: bad float value in "
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ void LCDServer::setChannelProgress(const QStringList &tokens, QTcpSocket *socket
     }
 
     if (m_lcd)
-        m_lcd->setChannelProgress(progress);
+        m_lcd->setChannelProgress(tokens[1], progress);
 
     sendMessage(socket, "OK");
 }