Re: Blasted EPG errors
 

Sorry, I thought you were referring to heavyside's reference to the Tivo in the previous post.

Re: Blasted EPG errors
 

Seems to me that some channels arbitrarilly alter their schedules at the last minute so TV mags as well as the EPG(s) are all wrong. Not sure what they achive by this as people who want to watch the alternative being offered don't know it's on and those who were looking forward to the published programmes are also peed off as well.

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Bless! When we all know ALL new technology can go tits up without a seconds notice.;)

Anyway it matters not when all the info given out says one show is about to be shown but in actual fact ANOTHER show has been scheduled..and that's down to human error. ;)

Re: Blasted EPG errors
 

Very true i've experienced it many a time, i might rip into vm but in fairness i will say fairplay to them sticking to what works, well half works lol until they get things right with anything new they launch.
Many companies launch new stuff full of bugs (i'm looking at you EA and Activision) so credit where credit is due to vm for waiting a bit until they get it at least half right.
Back on topic anyway a site i use is tvguide.co.uk it normally is pretty good and updates almost instantly if anything changes, i haven't see GRIMM scheduled yet but week before last it did take a break at USA pace too, maybe this is why W ren't showing it this week? As i think W are quite close to USA pace now.

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You mean a bit like the BBC arbitrarily moving Wimbledon matches from BBC2 > BBC1 and generally messing around with the 6-8pm schedule?...

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Maggy used to have a V+, so I'm assuming that we're talking about the V+ EPG, but she may have upgraded to TiVo, which is a different EPG.

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As the thread is highlighted as a V+ one then that sounds reasonable.:D

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I still have a V+HD .I'm not yet ready to pay to upgrade to a Tivo of any sort as my bill is high enough already..

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yep I posted about this years ago on virgin forums ,advice from virgin was to keep a record of mistakes and email them .aye right:)

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Looks like you only have about six months left of the V+.

I've read on here that those forced to migrate don't have to pay the £5 per month TiVo fee.

Other staff have said that there is no difference to the charges as those on any other TV package than XL pay a £5 V+ fee anyway.

For those on XL, the V+ fee is waived, but this is not the case with the TiVo fee. However, it has been pointed out that the better discounts for TiVo within multiple product packages will usually cover the TiVo fee and more.

In short, it depends on what TV package you're on and what other VM services you take too.

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Just read a post by SP to say that it's only the SA V+ that's going by the end of the head- not the Samsung.

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Earlier programming (football?) caused Casualty to be transmitted late last evening. EPG didn't know this of course.

There must have been high demand for it later on BBC iPlayer as it did not offer HD or subtitles.

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I was affected by this too.

Luckily, I was at home whilst recording the film 'Dream House' or it would have chopped off the ending.

As I realised that programmes were overrunning I created a manual recording for the extra 15 mins at the end.

The Michael McIntyre programme started just as it was scheduled to finish!

I don't know how they managed to make up most of the time by the end of the broadcasting day for BBC1.

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Yes - if the program you set to record has the "live" (or whatever) flag, then you get prompted to add extra time. Great stuff. If you are recording subsequent programs, whose start time may well get delayed, there's no such flag. I guess this falls under the dynamic-EPG argument, but has long been a frustration of mine too.

As for iPlayer in HD, I've noticed that programs will sometimes become available in SD within a few hours, but HD can take a bit longer. It's only when I've been trying to watch BBC Scottish news mid-evening that this has been noticeable.

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Probably make it up when bbc1 moves to bbc news throughout the night.