tv guide channel canada

[AriX]

EPG here, it works on some tuners and not on others. My RCA tuners don't support it. My old GE one did, but it got zapped.

Sorry, what are you talking about exactly? Is this a cable EPG?

[usotsuki]

Over the air EPG.

[tin]

Every 30s or so, when the two ads left and right fade to another slide. The pause is most noticeable on the bottom scroll.

lol, I see it now, thanks. Even the time freezes

Intriguing, this appears to be a product called zap2it programme guide. Dunno how prevalent it is, seems not very. Interesting how it's very much a prevue guide copy but of course, a poor one probably cos it runs on a PC rather than a proper computer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzHY4ipa784

[tin]

EPG here, it works on some tuners and not on others. My RCA tuners don't support it. My old GE one did, but it got zapped.

Sorry, what are you talking about exactly? Is this a cable EPG?

Yeah i got talking about the EPG we have over here over the air - it's pretty well entrenched now so you can safely assume everyone has it.

[AriX]

Over the air EPG.

Really? Where do you get an over-the-air EPG channel? Or are you talking about an interactive guide built into a tuner?

Intriguing, this appears to be a product called zap2it programme guide. Dunno how prevalent it is, seems not very. Interesting how it's very much a prevue guide copy but of course, a poor one probably cos it runs on a PC rather than a proper computer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzHY4ipa784

Oooh, look at that. I've known about the zap2it product for quite a while (see http://www.tribunemediaservices.com/pro ... on/guides/ for the site), but I did not realize that the WANN guide is, as you say, clearly running on zap2it.

I've seen both zap2it and another guide called E-GuideTV in hotels in the past, as well as what appeared to be a TV Guide Network installation dedicated to the hotel itself.

[usotsuki]

The tuner extracts information from the channels and can create a program guide from it.

My tuners that I have, are not capable of this and only show the name of the currently running program.

[JoeTheDragon]

Over the air EPG.

as well as what appeared to be a TV Guide Network installation dedicated to the hotel itself.

Where was that and how did you know that it was dedicated to the hotel itself? I think I may of been in a hotel that had satellite tv and the weather channel with a local weather star.

But some cable companies in some areas with lots of hotels may have a hotel analog cable network (may with slots for the hotel to add in there own analog channel) or some may of had some digital as well in the past now days some cable co's have custom boxes / cable boxes running custom software in the hotel rooms.

2008
http://www.cable360.net/ct/strategy/bus ... 28872.html

you can Google and find more info / newer about cable and hotels.

http://twctoday.com/forums/local-foreca ... -michigan/

Mackinac Island seems to be on a cable system with a old weather star 4000 with old that crawl is. "Because Viewers live by it."

Maybe that is place where the Island cable system was still is? geared for analog hotel tv and has old cable equipment at the headed.