[mythtv-users] Inconsistent show times in australia

[Tom Sparks]

--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace.net.au> wrote:
<snip> 
> I doubt it.  IMHO they don't want you to record to HD,
> because it means
> you can FF the ads (or worse, remove them!)

I could not care less about HD
I can accept the ads as long as the shows are within their time slot, a 1 hour show are about 44 minutes long, so why do they need to run over time?

>  Of course
> they could catch
> up time lost in live shows by shortening ad breaks, but
> then they
> promise all their customers a certain amount of screening
> time.
> 
> The EPG in Australia is also extremely bad.  Most of
> the time, all I get
> for a show (eg CSI) is Title: CSI, Description: CSI. 
> woohoo.

the EPG that I am getting via DVB-T, I get the Description of the show, but the year is always set 2000 

>  When
> Austar broadcast commercial TV over cable the EPG was much
> better.  Now
> of course it's satellite so I have to go back to the DTV
> EPG.
> 
> Sorry, I'll stop now...
> </rant> 
rant away

PS: is there an australia Mythtv/PVR mailing list?

Tom_a_sparks


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