Albert Manfredi wrote:
> On May 1, 4:21 pm, 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. If 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
I've always presumed my DishTV box uses PSIP directly from the Echostar
constellation, but I don't know what DishTV's PSIP source is - maybe
it's their home brew. The good news is I can scan/skip ahead to a
future program, press the magic button on the clicker, and since it's in
the future, the Dish box will prompt me for a schedule - one time only,
daily, weekly, or forever at any time the same program shows up
regardless of when. I can also priority protect the event from
conflicts from other recorder events from other programs on the same or
other channels. Once I've set a recorder event, the program listings
impacted by the event are visibly marked as such - duplicate recorder
events are not my friend. I set it and forget it.
--
jer
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