Re: Apple II: Second Best Tech Product of All Time!

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew T. Russotto)]

In article <4614b118$0$14991$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,
Mark McDougall  <markm@vl.com.au> wrote:
>
>What annoys me is that even the EPG information transmitted on the
>digital channels is not accurate. I was recording a show one night on my
>PC, when I checked to see if it had finished. The EPG indicated that it
>was "now showing" the next show, so I stopped recording. About 10s later
>I realised that the 'previous' show hadn't finished at all!!!

It's the same here in the US.  The EPG I get over the air is crap.
Even if it doesn't just say "DTV program", it's probably wrong.

>The geek crowd are more likely setting up 4 tuners in their linux boxes
>which are also connected to the net, and buying $250 remote controllers
>which can interface to MythTV.

Harumph.  You don't need a $250 remote to interface to MythTV.  A
cheap $25 universal will do fine.

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