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Old 25-07-2013, 17:54   #1
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Tv Guide is get stupid now

this tivo tv guide is get stupid for errors nat geo got program about hurriane sandy at 8pm tonight no sign on virgin tv guide showing mudcats defo uk site aswell had it confirmed that it got changed by nat geo so virgin are useless for updating it
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Old 25-07-2013, 18:01   #2
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Re: Tv Guide is get stupid now

$ky tv guide also showing that Hurricane Sandy is on Nat Geo @ 8pm. Virgin is defo incorrect as usual
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Old 25-07-2013, 18:07   #3
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Re: Tv Guide is get stupid now

Incorrect as usual is a) inaccurate and b) unfair. Errors occur on all these epgs..
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Incorrect as usual is a) inaccurate and b) unfair. Errors occur on all these epgs..
I find errors quite a lot between what my TiVo says is on compared to what my VHD box says that's why I stated 'as usual'. However, tonight both my boxes say the same - and that is that Mudcats is on at 8pm
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Re: Tv Guide is get stupid now

Also shows some programmes are on catchup, but when you try to see them they are not.
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Re: Tv Guide is get stupid now

new series off strippers cars for cash starts next week tivo telling me it aint on it gettin stupid on fone to tivo support now to get it sorted

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on fone to tivo support now to get it sorted
You'd do a lot better sending an email to tivoguideerrors AT virginmedia.co.uk
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Old 25-07-2013, 23:38   #8
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Re: Tv Guide is get stupid now

Virgin use an external company for TiVo epg data. So I wouldn't solely blame VM for the errors.
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Re: Tv Guide is get stupid now

It's a bit like subtitles. Several really silly errors but an essential service that is of great use.
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Virgin use an external company for TiVo epg data. So I wouldn't solely blame VM for the errors.
And whom do they work for ,ASDA?
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Re: Tv Guide is get stupid now

The errors in real-time subtitles are a consequence of they way they are generated. They could be made more accurate, but that would delay their broadcast, and getting them out quickly is arguably more important.

If you're interested, there's a lot more about this here
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/bin...subtitling.pdf
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Re: Tv Guide is get stupid now

The errors are in more than real time subtitling.

The old human driven system was far better. The ones during the Royal Baby story were an utter joke in places... Sainsbury's was the place of birth at one point and the Queen changed sex to a "great grandfather" which is basic stuff.
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Re: Tv Guide is get stupid now

Always finding programmes I've recorded when played back are not what I was expecting due to Tivo EPG having wrong listings, almost a daily occurrence.
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Always finding programmes I've recorded when played back are not what I was expecting due to Tivo EPG having wrong listings, almost a daily occurrence.
Really?? I get that once in a blue moon.

What channel?
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I agree hardly ever happens to me except when Eurosport decide to move coverage between their two channels...
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