Re: How will the US local area stations commerate the end of System-M?

"Bruce Tomlin" <bruce#fanboy.net@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  G-squared <stratus46@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > In the most recent TV Technology magzine the manufacturers are asking
> > for an extension because they can't get the program guide info into
> > the PSIP scccurately when things change on the fly like a s****ting
> > event running longer than expected. Like anybody uses that useless
> > 'feature'. When I look for the EPG, it takes a LONG time because it
> > has to tune in all 20 carriers ( Los Angeles) for several seconds
> > each. Instead I use Yahoo TV listings.
>
> I have three different old HD tuners here, and only one of them even
> sup****ts EPG. On that one you have to tune to a given channel before
> it'll pick up the EPG for it, with no "wait for the tuner to go through
> every channel" thing going on.

The new Magnavox's EPG seems to be available in a second or two.  The LONG
wait applies to my elderly Samsung box.

Funny, the Samsung finds two PBS subchannels that are blank - no A/V - and
the Magnavox doesn't.  No idea what's up with that.