Guide: Single Channel Table Listing

[hasan]

Perhaps a majority of people already are aware of and use this feature, but I've seen a few posts that indicate some don't know about it:

With your cursor on the current time for a channel in the Guide, hit Left Arrow to highlight the channel number. Then hit the Info button. A table will be populated showing all upcoming shows for that channel. Highlighting the show yields a short description of content. Hitting Info again, while a showing is highlighted gives more detail. Hitting Left Arrow at this point, rebuilds the table. You can navigate 5 shows at a time by using channel up/down. If you have shows already selected to record, they will show up with the "record icon"

This is a great feature that appears to be under-utilized.

This feature sort of subsumes the single channel guide (Blue Button), but since it lists in a tabular format, you can see a lot more info on one screen and can move through "time", in a more efficient manner.

I've used this feature regularly since the early days of the HR20-700, and sometimes things that all become new all over again.:)

[dcowboy7]

yea but again i wish it would be more than just only 5 upcoming shows on the screen at a time....& really its essentially only 4 because the last show is repeated again as the 1st show on the next page as u page thru.

if a channel has alot of half hour shows it takes awhile to page thru even just 1 week.

[fluffybear]

never noticed the feature before now but will have to look at it a little more.

[Stuart Sweet]

I agree it could be better but I use this feature A LOT! It's very handy when searching for movies to record.

[hasan]

I agree it could be better but I use this feature A LOT! It's very handy when searching for movies to record.

Presactly, Stuart! That is what I use it for most of the time. For example, I like many of the movies on MGM-HD, so I use this feature to preview and select two weeks of movies at a time.

[MattWarner]

...I use this feature A LOT! It's very handy when searching for movies to record.

+1 Very useful for me.

[Steve]

I agree it could be better but I use this feature A LOT! It's very handy when searching for movies to record.

Not to hijack this thread, but also handy is a KEYWORD SEARCH, which can be saved and re-run often.

E.g.:

movie comedy CCHAN 501 finds all comedies on HBOHD, and

movie premiere HDTV CCHAN 501 552 will find all HD movies premiering on any of the premium movie channels.

/steve

[hasan]

Excellent suggestion, Steve, thanks!

[jodyguercio]

This is a neat feature but I like the mini guide better. I dont record much without actually doing a search for the show but maybe I'll give this a shot and see how easy it is doing it this way.

[David MacLeod]

this is something I always forget about, and when I do remember it is very useful.

[billsharpe]

I use the feature to see what movies are coming up on TCM -- especially useful during Oscar month.

[JACKIEGAGA]

Hasan I use this feature on a regular basis