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Thanks guys for all your feedback, but as I have said my box has never had any form of internet connection. So am I correct in assuming that this is the reason I am unable to see anything listed in the “earlier” listings when using the program guide?
Teb5 – 17 minutes ago »
Thanks guys for all your feedback, but as I have said my box has never had any form of internet connection. So am I correct in assuming that this is the reason I am unable to see anything listed in the “earlier” listings when using the program guide?
Yes that seems to be the case, but why would you even want to?
It’s been baffling me most of today as you don’t have it connect to the internet so why the concern about not seeing anything in the earlier guide?
I understand your confusion gonzo, so let me explain. I just thought I could check programs I may of missed, then on selecting that program find out the times and dates when they may be repeated, as you can do in the normal program guide. Just that it would be a handy feature for some people. I am sure I saw listings a couple of months ago when I was playing around with it, so maybe the latest software update has changed that. So no more confussion I hope gonzo and you can rest easy tonight
Thanks for your help.
You can find what’s available by simply using the website of the appropriate catch up service. It will have more entries than freetime does anyway. And you can watch it on your PC/Tablet whatever you are using to post here.
The Freeview Guide at http://www.freeview.co.uk/whats-on/tv-guide links directly to catchup. Freesat might consider something similar.
I’ve found this discussion interesting and informative. Thanks to those commenting, and to Teb5 for asking the question.
JamesB – 4 minutes ago »
The Freeview Guide at http://www.freeview.co.uk/whats-on/tv-guide links directly to catchup. Freesat might consider something similar.
I’ve found this discussion interesting and informative. Thanks to those commenting, and to Teb5 for asking the question.
Thanks JamesB and glad this thread has been informative for you.
I know I can go online and check programs, but as my PC is in the office it means that I have to get out of my comfy arm chair to go and check 😆
grahamlthompson – 16 minutes ago  »Â
You can find what’s available by simply using the website of the appropriate catch up service. It will have more entries than freetime does anyway. And you can watch it on your PC/Tablet whatever you are using to post here.
Graham, what are you smoking? I said my box is not connected to the internet and my PC is in another room. Also I am a lazy old bugger 😉 Anyway, thanks for your help mate.
Teb5 – 44 minutes ago »
grahamlthompson – 16 minutes ago  »Â
You can find what’s available by simply using the website of the appropriate catch up service. It will have more entries than freetime does anyway. And you can watch it on your PC/Tablet whatever you are using to post here.
Graham, what are you smoking? I said my box is not connected to the internet and my PC is in another room. Also I am a lazy old bugger 😉 Anyway, thanks for your help mate.
Lol why not just go old school and buy the TV Times or Radio Times?
Teb5 – 1 hour ago »
grahamlthompson – 16 minutes ago  »Â
You can find what’s available by simply using the website of the appropriate catch up service. It will have more entries than freetime does anyway. And you can watch it on your PC/Tablet whatever you are using to post here.
Graham, what are you smoking? I said my box is not connected to the internet and my PC is in another room. Also I am a lazy old bugger 😉 Anyway, thanks for your help mate.
I know that, you said you wanted to know what’s in catch up so you could look to see if it is available in future. You don’t need the box to do that you can do it all on a PC, and at the same time watch the content as well. Why don’t you just connect your HDR box to a internet connection and make the most of having a freetime box (there’s some very good free content on youtube (including HD movies)). There’s a few ways to do it without wires.
Wireless Bridge
WiFi Dongle
Pair of home plug adaptors.
grahamlthompson – 1 hour ago  »Â
Teb5 – 1 hour ago  »Â
grahamlthompson – 16 minutes ago  »Â
You can find what’s available by simply using the website of the appropriate catch up service. It will have more entries than freetime does anyway. And you can watch it on your PC/Tablet whatever you are using to post here.
Graham, what are you smoking? I said my box is not connected to the internet and my PC is in another room. Also I am a lazy old bugger 😉 Anyway, thanks for your help mate.
I know that, you said you wanted to know what’s in catch up so you could look to see if it is available in future. You don’t need the box to do that you can do it all on a PC, and at the same time watch the content as well. Why don’t you just connect your HDR box to a internet connection and make the most of having a freetime box (there’s some very good free content on youtube (including HD movies)). There’s a few ways to do it without wires.
Wireless Bridge
WiFi Dongle
Pair of home plug adaptors.
You are probably right with that Graham. I will have to look into that, but it does not get away from the fact that I am sure it worked before the current update. As I said, my pc is in another room so going to have a look instead of just using the program guide is a bit of a pain, so it looks like hooking the pc up will be my best option.
-gonzo- – 2 hours ago »
Teb5 – 44 minutes ago »
grahamlthompson – 16 minutes ago  »Â
You can find what’s available by simply using the website of the appropriate catch up service. It will have more entries than freetime does anyway. And you can watch it on your PC/Tablet whatever you are using to post here.
Graham, what are you smoking? I said my box is not connected to the internet and my PC is in another room. Also I am a lazy old bugger 😉 Anyway, thanks for your help mate.
Lol why not just go old school and buy the TV Times or Radio Times?
Now why am I not surprised that you came up with a comment like that gonzo 😆 Radio Times!!! Damn, do they still print that? I can remember when all that contained was Radio programs
You are probably right with that Graham. I will have to look into that, but it does not get away from the fact that I am sure it worked before the current update.
So am I, have you read my posts. It seems entirely sensible to use only the internet to deliver data you can only really use if you have an internet connection. Restricting the data sent by the freesat epg clearly will improve the response of the epg, I don’t know if that is the reason why improved epg response is being reported (sounds more than likely). In this case your small loss is the majorities gain (of course you will also get the improved epg response as well
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Now why am I not surprised that you came up with a comment like that gonzo 😆 Radio Times!!! Damn, do they still print that? I can remember when all that contained was Radio programs
I am a subscriber, XMAS present from the wife every year
It’s a good read as well as the programme listings. It’s a lot easier to open a page to view what’s on the (my) popular channels in one view on any day than trying to do it using a restricted view on any electronic device.
Would you like to know what’s coming up beyond the current epg reach.
grahamlthompson – 9 minutes ago  »Â
You are probably right with that Graham. I will have to look into that, but it does not get away from the fact that I am sure it worked before the current update.
So am I, have you read my posts. It seems entirely sensible to use only the internet to deliver data you can only really use if you have an internet connection. Restricting the data sent by the freesat epg clearly will improve the response of the epg, I don’t know if that is the reason why improved epg response is being reported (sounds more than likely). In this case your small loss is the majorities gain (of course you will also get the improved epg response as well
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Yes Graham, I read all your posts and respect your suggestions/comments and yes you are right of course, thank you. Now can I get up off my knees please? the wife is giving me funny looks
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