> http://www.tvtechnology.com/pages/s.0015/t.13189.html > > Engineers: May 30 PSIP Compliance Costs $10,000 With No Benefit > > April 25, 2008 > > For months, broadcasters have been wondering how they'll > meet a May 30 FCC deadline for deployment of PSIP > systems that will provide accurate TV program information, > even when that information changes on the fly. [ ... ] > "It is believed that updating legacy equipment to meet this > new requirement will create a financial burden on small > and medium market broadcasters in the range of $10,000 > to $15,000," the firm said in an FCC filing. "This new > requirement represents a financial and technical burden > for these stations to implement the equipment upgrade > which will have no known immediate benefits." How do the other EPGs do updates? I guess I don't understand the "no known benefits" quote. A proper EPG, implemented as I would have expected in PVRs, would unquestionably benefit from real-time updates. The frequent and obvious example being when some game runs overtime and screws up the rest of an evening's schedule, and the recording session. How exactly a given PVR handles this, e.g. if multiple different stations have been scheduled for recording, is up to the PVR software designer. I just don't see how the benefits of providing real-time updates can be in doubt. Unless PSIP as a whole is seen as something without benefit, of course. Which then becomes a whole other discussion. Bert _________________________________________________________________ In a rush? Get real-time answers with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_realtime_042008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.