[mythtv-users] Switching from SchedulesDirect to EIT

[Jay Harbeston]

> On Mar 12, 2019, at 1:09 AM, Mark Wedel <mwedel at sonic.net> wrote:
> 
> On 03/11/2019 09:49 PM, Tom Harris wrote:
> <snip>
>> I have tweaked all the settings I could find.   But, no luck.
>> I have read other reports of EIT usage with HDhomerun devices, but I'm beginning to doubt it.   It's a QAM (cable) device, and maybe the EIT data is not mirrored into the cable transmission.
>> In any case, I decided to not mess with it and just renewed schedulesdirect instead.
> 
> When first setting up, I used EIT data (getting it via OTA).  It mostly worked, but the quality of the data was inferior to schedulesdirect.
> 
> Thins like episode ids, air dates, descriptions just were not as good.  I'm not sure, but SD seems to 'standardize' the data no matter what channel is broadcasting it (so if show A is on channel 2, and repeated sometime later on channel 3, it will be properly marked as a dupe), where is with EIT, there may be differences so that reshowing may be considered different and thus re-recorded.
> 
> In the end, I realized the nominal charge for SD was well worth the improved quality of the data (you get what you pay for, I suppose)
> 


From what I have found when using EIT OTA, sometimes there is a description, sometimes not, whereas using SD nearly always gives a description. 

Also, I never get subtitle or season / episode over OTA.

I use EIT OTA only for experimentation on a separate mythtv from my standard mythtv.

I am using OTA as above from North Carolina.  Your mileage may vary depending on where you are.  SD is worth the $25 / year for good data.

Regards,