Re: How will the US local area stations commerate the end of

On May 1, 4:21=A0pm, Jer <gd...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> I can't know where DishTV gets their schedule info, but I can look two
> days in advance if I want to. =A0If I set a record event, the local
system=

> will try to preserve it through any nightly schedule changes.

I don't think the problem is with divulging the information per se. I
think the problem is that the EPG system for over-the-air digital TV
in the US, which uses a protocol called PSIP, has had some buggie
software implementations in past receiver designs. So it's likely that
some older receivers malfunction if some of the PSIP modes are used.

In your case, sounds like you get the info via the EchoStar EPG
system, so no problem.

I know that just this sort of problem occurred a couple of years ago
with a software update NBC installed in their own stations. All of a
sudden, my receiver would freeze if I tuned into the local NBC -2
subchannel (which is a weather channel in this market). Once there, I
couldn't tune to any other channel unless I cycled power to the
receiver.

Suspecting some software bug, I called the station. The engineer told
me that this bug had hit all of the NBC-owned stations, so they had to
back out the upgrade, system wide. And that the problem only occurred
in one brand of receiver. (They did in fact fix the problem in a few
days.)

I suppose there will be such bugs from time to time. Still, the PSIP
EPG is not of much use, especially if you want to use it for PVR
programming. It's okay to look ahead at that evening's schedule,
though.

Bert