[mythtvnz] EPG or lack there of

[Steve Hodge]

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Brett Miller <blmiller at slingshot.co.nz>
> wrote:
> > Good time to get a satellite dish & dvb-s tuner.
> > How long will it be until the dvb-s EIT data is neutered as well. It only
> > still exists due to legacy sat receivers in so many homes ?
> > The dvb-s could move to mheg5 EPG as well.
> >
> > The fact that there are "toys being thrown out of the sand pit", over
> > internet  EPG sourced from dvb-s EIT, probably suggests they are staying
> > with dvb-s EIT because they are fighting to protect it.
> >
> > It is hard to see how to make the mheg5 EPG more awful.
> >
> > Don't they actually want us to watch any TV programmes from their
> channels ?
>
>
> Hmm sky are on the rampage:
>
> http://xmltv.co.nz/
>
> Slashdot moment?
>

Dumb. Really dumb. Why would they shut down people providing them with free
advertising?

As for mheg5, I believe that the non-pvr Sky decoders probably aren't
powerful enough to do it. Their current guide is already painfully slow. Far
more likely that Sky simply encrypt the EPG streams.

Cheers,
Steve
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