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Abagnale
02-29-04, 10:09 PM
TV Guide Channel on Directv gota be the most ugly, boring guide or EPG (if you can call it that) I have ever seen. Notice that the only logo on the entire grid is that of TV Guide. This really sucks. And how long do we have to wait for a replacement for wink. Im getting tired of turning on my p.c. just to see the current conditions, cause with cable, you have the current local conditions flashing on the bottom of the screen, even during commercials!! Well, they better start sending out free replacement recievers soon or i`m switching to comcast. I`m not spending another penny on recievers for Directv service, the game is over !!!
Mark Holtz
02-29-04, 11:23 PM
None of us who actually know how to use our receivers like the TV Guide channel. It was probably due to some agreement with Gemstar/TV Guide.

And, I still won't go back to cable.... I doubt they offer a 243 hour DVR....
BobJ2004
03-01-04, 07:18 AM
What are you talking about, can you give details?

What is the issue?
bonscott87
03-01-04, 07:34 AM
They have to carry the TVGuide channel because of a settlement in a lawsuit. It doesn't take up much bandwidth and nobody in their right mind would actually watch it, but they carry it to appease the court. Simple as that. Just unselct it from channels you receive and never see it again. :)

As for weather, it's called www.wunderground.com ;)
JulienPDX
03-01-04, 09:02 AM
why would there have been a lawsuit to carry a channel that shows incorrect information 24/7?
buzzdalf
03-01-04, 10:20 AM
I have never once tuned that channel in!
And I never plan to.
Darkman
03-01-04, 10:46 AM
Don't you think it's kinda small - only 3 lines showing.. and scrolling too fast anyhow? :D

And kinda primitive anyways... LOL
JulienPDX
03-01-04, 01:12 PM
i guess no one knows the answer; funny how everyone is so quick to cite a lawsuit yet they dont' seem to know the specifics. I guess I can see where people might deduce that the stupid tv guide channel must be some sort of 'must-carry' since it always incorrect.
jdspencer
03-01-04, 06:42 PM
I don't have that channel in my Channels I Receive list on my DTiVos. I did look at it when it first went live, and agree that it is a stupid channel. It's like going back to the 80's on cable.
bonscott87
03-01-04, 10:23 PM
It was a long standing lawsuit against anyone with a grid style electronic guide. It was patened by Gemstar I believe (owned by News Corp who owns TVGuide). News Corp buys DirecTV, lawsuit settled, TV Guide channel added to DirecTV as part of settlement. Should be lots of gritty details at AVS and/or Tivo Community if you want to search.
Brent
03-02-04, 09:28 PM
Looks like EchoStar will also be adding the TV Guide Channel now.

http://money.excite.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_ge.jsp?news_id=cmt-062b4448&feed=cmt&date=20040302
JM Anthony
03-02-04, 10:12 PM
Looks like EchoStar will also be adding the TV Guide Channel now.

http://money.excite.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_ge.jsp?news_id=cmt-062b4448&feed=cmt&date=20040302

I can hardly wait. Hope they put it next to the Bing channel. Wonder what the ratio of "junk" to "watchable" to "high value" channels is these days on D* and E*???
TVGCF
03-04-04, 05:36 PM
TV Guide Channel is the BEST channel on TV there is.
mhking
03-04-04, 06:46 PM
TV Guide Channel is the BEST channel on TV there is.

Uh.......No. :nono:
JulienPDX
03-05-04, 03:20 PM
It was a long standing lawsuit against anyone with a grid style electronic guide. It was patened by Gemstar I believe (owned by News Corp who owns TVGuide). News Corp buys DirecTV, lawsuit settled, TV Guide channel added to DirecTV as part of settlement. Should be lots of gritty details at AVS and/or Tivo Community if you want to search.


Funny, I never saw a grid-style guide on a television until digital cable came out in 1996 in Denver. Back then, the cable company was TCI (then, AT&T, then AT&T Broadband, then AT&T Comcast..then Comcast) and the slow-as-molasses EPG was by TV Guide (which makes sense right?) and it was laden (like today) with ads. Then 6 months later, there was DBS from Echostar and DIRECTV, USSB and USN, they all had grid-style guides. They were ad-free. DirecTV's is still the best. I love how they use logos instead of just stupid abbreviations. That does make me criticize the channels with no logo..like Discovery Times and SpikeTV. And the ones with the wrong logo, like Noggin and The Science Channel. :lol:
catman
03-05-04, 03:35 PM
The tv guide channel is on for those not can't figure out how to use a remote .
ypsiguy
03-05-04, 03:36 PM
TV Guide Channel is the BEST channel on TV there is.

TV Guide is a waste of bandwidth. TV Guide=TV SPAM
jasonjpw
03-10-04, 10:10 PM
Can someone post a few picture of the Direct TV Guide Channel.
Mark Holtz
03-11-04, 12:25 AM
Ask, and you shall receive...

Remember, I'm on the west coast, but notice that the Networks are listed for the east coast. On that screen, there is a two minute discrepency. I was going back in the TiVo buffer in order to do the capture.
Dish Notwork
03-11-04, 01:23 AM
WINK replacement comes late this year.
James Long
06-14-04, 12:54 PM
The tv guide channel is on for those not can't figure out how to use a remote .
How do you find E* channel 102 if you can't figure out the remote? :grin:
Get instructions from E* channel 101? :D
Perhaps they should add an idiot button to the remote as they have for channel 100? :lol:

JL