[mythtv-users] IMDB has TV listings.

[Yeechang Lee]

Daniel Kristjansson <danielk at cuymedia.net> says:
> In most of Europe, guide data isn't as big a problem for
> MythTV because they are further along in the digital
> transition and provide much better EIT than we get here.

Better EIT does not "further along in the digital transition"
make. Europeans are as much as eight years behind the US in HDTV
deployment. See
<URL:http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/244094#244094>
and
<URL:http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/244146#244146>.

> For those considering competing with TMS and TV Guide, you should
> look at the Swedish example.

[...]

> I'm personally sceptical that this is worth the effort, since I
> think we'll work something out, but it is not an impossible task
> either.

If anything you understated the scale differences; see my reply to
Mattias. It's not "impossible," but at a certain value of
"impractical" it asymptotically approaches impossible.

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