[opendtv] Re: Integrated DTV PSIP
- From: Mark Aitken <maitken@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 10:13:45 -0500
The HUMAX box has a good EPG function, and is FAST...
Doug McDonald wrote:
>Does anyone have a box that has an EPG that works well?
>
>My Accurain box has it, and if a station is transmitting it
>eventually the box will display it. It even shows show descriptions
>if they exist.
>
>BUT ... the key word is "eventually". It is bog slow ... not
>nearly as slow (up to 8 minutes) as the Dish Network EPG (if
>you scroll past the current time) ... but still unacceptably slow.
>
>This thing tries to make up a guide that includes all stations,
>not just the one you are watching. This means that it has to scan
>through the channels ... waiting for each and every one (and we have
>lots) that it can't get because the antenna is pointing the wrong way.
>
>Soes anybody think of any of these sorts of things when designing
>boxes?
>
>Doug McDonald
>
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