Virgin 1 on Freeview
 

On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 23:19:59 +0100, Yellow
wrote:

Scott ] said:
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 19:50:35 +0100, Yellow
wrote:

Graham Murray ] said:
Is Virgin 1 only showing during restricted hours?

A couple of days ago I set my Toppy to record (from the EPG) the first
DS9 episode at 15:00 today. The recording is totally blank.

It's repeated this evening, in about 10 minutes time.

Currently
(17:40) the EPG and 'whats on now' show 'The fresh prince of bel air'
but the video shows "We'll see you at 6pm". Is this a one-off or is
Virgin 1 not going tom start on freeview until 18:00 and if so why does
the EPG show programming throughout the whole 24 hours?


Just because the programmes are not transmitted on Freeview does not
mean they do not exist.

No, but if the EPG is transmitted on Freeview it should be what the
computer types call 'context sensitive'.

ABC1 has been the same since it went 24 hour on non-freeview a year or
two back.

I am not entirely sure what this sentence means but it seems to
support the point being made here, namely that the Freeview EPG should
reflect the position on Freeview, which may differ from the schedule
elsewhere.

So in your own terms, it is not whether the programme exists that is
important to the user but whether it is available on Freeview at the
time in question.

Virgin 1 on Freeview
 

Andy Burns ] said:
On 02/10/2007 23:19, Yellow wrote:

ABC1 has been the same since it went 24 hour on non-freeview a year or
two back.

s/has been/was/

in case you didn't realise it was dropped last week.


I didn't watch so, no I didn't realise.

Anything replacing it?

Virgin 1 on Freeview
 

Scott ] said:
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 23:19:59 +0100, Yellow
wrote:

Scott ] said:
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 19:50:35 +0100, Yellow
wrote:

Graham Murray ] said:
Is Virgin 1 only showing during restricted hours?

A couple of days ago I set my Toppy to record (from the EPG) the first
DS9 episode at 15:00 today. The recording is totally blank.

It's repeated this evening, in about 10 minutes time.

Currently
(17:40) the EPG and 'whats on now' show 'The fresh prince of bel air'
but the video shows "We'll see you at 6pm". Is this a one-off or is
Virgin 1 not going tom start on freeview until 18:00 and if so why does
the EPG show programming throughout the whole 24 hours?


Just because the programmes are not transmitted on Freeview does not
mean they do not exist.

No, but if the EPG is transmitted on Freeview it should be what the
computer types call 'context sensitive'.

ABC1 has been the same since it went 24 hour on non-freeview a year or
two back.

I am not entirely sure what this sentence means but it seems to
support the point being made here, namely that the Freeview EPG should
reflect the position on Freeview, which may differ from the schedule
elsewhere.

I'll try again then. ABC1 (which I am now told vanished last week) had a
24 hour entry on the EPG even though it was only on during the day for
freeview viewers.

So in your own terms, it is not whether the programme exists that is
important to the user but whether it is available on Freeview at the
time in question.


I would think we *all* know how it should work. :-)