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"Mike GW8IJT" wrote in message
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On 4 May 2004 06:03:32 -0700, (Ricky) wrote:

On a related topic, has anyone out there found one of the other TV
listings mags to be better than TV & Sat week for Freeview listings?

Digiguide has made paper based listings a quaint thing of the past for
me.
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Ah yes but
Someone else is using the computer
The computer's not in the same room as the main TV
It's nice to browse a paper magazine listing
Regards Mike.

I access digiguide via AvantGo on my wireless iPaq - I can access the page
within seconds and it includes full descriptions of the programs.

- Simon.

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On Tue, 04 May 2004 17:21:03 +0100, Bryan Anderson wrote:

On 4th May, Ricky wrote:

Surely there is now a gap in the market for a TV listings
magazine which lists all (and only) the Freeview channels.

http://www.radiotimes.com/ does it for me. Can configure the
channels that I receive and the order that I want them to be
listed. Also has a diary facility which will send a sms text
reminder (mind you - 25p each) if you want.

http://www.tvtv.co.uk for me, has similar features to the above.

Yes, yes, but its not easy to flick through either of the above whilst
lounging on the sofa... I like a TV listings *magazine*...

That's easy. Download DigiGuide and print your own TV guide, marked
with your favourites and only listing channels that you are interested
in.

A surprising number of people do this.

russ.

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On Tue, 04 May 2004 17:21:03 +0100, Bryan Anderson wrote:

On 4th May, Ricky wrote:

Surely there is now a gap in the market for a TV listings
magazine which lists all (and only) the Freeview channels.

http://www.radiotimes.com/ does it for me. Can configure the
channels that I receive and the order that I want them to be
listed. Also has a diary facility which will send a sms text
reminder (mind you - 25p each) if you want.

http://www.tvtv.co.uk for me, has similar features to the above.

Yes, yes, but its not easy to flick through either of the above whilst
lounging on the sofa... I like a TV listings *magazine*...

That's easy. Download DigiGuide and print your own TV guide, marked
with your favourites and only listing channels that you are interested
in.

A surprising number of people do this.

Hmmm. It sounds a lot more bother than picking up an 80p magazine at
the supermarket...

R.

Involves switching computer on though; not the same as having a well
structrured magazine

COmputer in dining room - next to sitting room - I can see TV from the
computer

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On Tue, 04 May 2004 17:21:03 +0100, Bryan Anderson wrote:

On 4th May, Ricky wrote:

Surely there is now a gap in the market for a TV listings
magazine which lists all (and only) the Freeview channels.

http://www.radiotimes.com/ does it for me. Can configure the
channels that I receive and the order that I want them to be
listed. Also has a diary facility which will send a sms text
reminder (mind you - 25p each) if you want.

http://www.tvtv.co.uk for me, has similar features to the above.

Yes, yes, but its not easy to flick through either of the above whilst
lounging on the sofa... I like a TV listings *magazine*...

That's easy. Download DigiGuide and print your own TV guide, marked
with your favourites and only listing channels that you are interested
in.

A surprising number of people do this.

Hmmm. It sounds a lot more bother than picking up an 80p magazine at
the supermarket...

Maybe so. But if that[s 80p per week then you're paying 4 times as
much money to get less channels, less descriptions, less
functionality, and adverts of course.

If it's 80p per month then it's only a little more expensive than
DigiGuide.

Still, choice is good and mine was only a suggestion.

russ.

(Ricky) wrote in message om...
A few months back we kept on hearing news stories about how many
millions of people now have freeview boxes...

Which set me wondering:

Surely there is now a gap in the market for a TV listings magazine
which lists all (and only) the Freeview channels.

I currently buy "TV and Satellite Week" as it has all the main
Freeview channels (i.e. BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, ITV1, ITV2, Channel 4 and
Five) on a single double page per day. It used to be better when BBC4
was also on the same page.

But this has some down sides - I get listings for Sky One, Sky One Mix
and E4 on the same page (and I don't receive them) and the rest of the
Freeview channels are hidden amongst loads of other channels that I
don't get. Also, some channels, e.g. FTN, have their listings tucked
away in a small space with no room for any details about the
programmes (not a great loss in that instance, but I may have missed
something vaguely interesting because the programme title didn't catch
my eye...). And, as far as i am aware, no Radio or TV listings mag
lists the programmes on 6Music or BBC7, etc.

How about a TV listings mag which lists only the Freeview (and TUTV if
you must) channels - including the digital radio channels like BBC7?

What do you lot think?

On a related topic, has anyone out there found one of the other TV
listings mags to be better than TV & Sat week for Freeview listings?

Cheers,

Ric.

Radio Times is alot better than T&SW for Freeview. It has all the
Freeview channels in their own area. It also lists alot of digital
radio channels including 6 music and BBC7.

On Wed, 5 May 2004 08:39:22 +0100, "Mike GW8IJT"
wrote:

"Andrew" [email protected] wrote in message
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On 4 May 2004 06:03:32 -0700, (Ricky) wrote:

On a related topic, has anyone out there found one of the other TV
listings mags to be better than TV & Sat week for Freeview listings?

Digiguide has made paper based listings a quaint thing of the past for
me.
--
Ah yes but
Someone else is using the computer
The computer's not in the same room as the main TV
It's nice to browse a paper magazine listing
Regards Mike.



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just set it for audio reminders for the programmes worth watching,
which is usually only about 1 or 2 a week.

JK

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Surely there is now a gap in the market for a TV listings magazine
which lists all (and only) the Freeview channels.

Radio Times is alot better than T&SW for Freeview. It has all the
Freeview channels in their own area. It also lists alot of digital
radio channels including 6 music and BBC7.

Oh. It didn't last time I looked - I'll have to look again, thanks.

Ric.

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(Ricky) wrote in message om...

Surely there is now a gap in the market for a TV listings magazine
which lists all (and only) the Freeview channels.

Radio Times is alot better than T&SW for Freeview. It has all the
Freeview channels in their own area. It also lists alot of digital
radio channels including 6 music and BBC7.

Oh. It didn't last time I looked - I'll have to look again, thanks.

Looked again. Yes it does have listings for BBC7, etc. Hurrah! Bought
Radio times this week rather than TV&SW...

Ric.

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Radio Times is alot better than T&SW for Freeview. It has all the
Freeview channels in their own area. It also lists alot of digital
radio channels including 6 music and BBC7.

Oh. It didn't last time I looked - I'll have to look again, thanks.

Looked again. Yes it does have listings for BBC7, etc. Hurrah! Bought
Radio times this week rather than TV&SW...

I must admit that I find the RT listings for BBC R7 irritating to decypher.
They put them on a totally different page to the FM radio stations, and
then list them in tiny type, arranged in a different order, and with no
real spacing or layout to aid reading. Despite liking many of the
programmes I keep finding I miss programmes as I either can't be bothered
to struggle with the listing, or have missed noticing something when I did.

Slainte,

Jim

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