Me-TV left out of TV Guide print edition

[Kelly A]

But even if you still insist watching a 1973 Zenith TV with a DTV converter box attached, all stations provide their program schedule as part of their PSIP data. Your remote or converter box remote, should have the ability to press a schedule button and see what's on.

 

[anotherguyTN]

But even if you still insist watching a 1973 Zenith TV with a DTV converter box attached, all stations provide their program schedule as part of their PSIP data. Your remote or converter box remote, should have the ability to press a schedule button and see what's on.

IF the stations and the guide services keep them accurate, which doesn't always happen, especially with stations where keeping the schedule accurate isn't a high priority.

 

[vchimpanzee]

By the way, do you actually check into motels just to watch cable TV?

I had other reasons for going where I did, but the virus kept some of those reasons from happening. I finally realized I wanted to make the trip anyway.

 

[Kelly A]

IF the stations and the guide services keep them accurate, which doesn't always happen, especially with stations where keeping the schedule accurate isn't a high priority.

Most stations use a service to populate their PSIP information. The days of local station traffic or programming departments having to build their PSIP info ended ten years ago.

 

[vchimpanzee]

But even if you still insist watching a 1973 Zenith TV with a DTV converter box attached, all stations provide their program schedule as part of their PSIP data. Your remote or converter box remote, should have the ability to press a schedule button and see what's on.

This wouldn't apply to the cable channels I don't get at home.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

This wouldn't apply to the cable channels I don't get at home.

Oh well. This seems to be a problem entirely of your own choosing.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Oh well. This seems to be a problem entirely of your own choosing.

Not quite. I still need a way to see the listings for the channels in the motel.

 

[Mr Tony]

But even if you still insist watching a 1973 Zenith TV with a DTV converter box attached, all FULL POWER stations provide their program schedule as part of their PSIP data. Your remote or converter box remote, should have the ability to press a schedule button and see what's on.

added the BOLDED
low powered stations are not required to carry a program guide. Only full powered/Class A stations have to

The low powered stations owned by HC2 (they own a ton of stations) as example do not carry program schedule.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

Not quite. I still need a way to see the listings for the channels in the motel.

You have ways. You choose not to.

 

[gopher101media]

I have not seen any reason to even buy a TV Guide when there is better and free alternatives to find what's on TV like.

Built in Program Guides on all Cable Set Top Boxes and each Cable Providers respective online Streaming available for Streaming Devices (Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV), Smartphones, Tablet Devices (iPad, Fire Tablets, Android and Windows Tablets) and their respective websites if they allow their users to directly stream from there.
Websites like Zap2it and you can find others by typing "TV Listings" on your preferred Search Engine (Duck Duck Go, Yahoo, Google, Etc.).
Each respective Networks website if possible.

 

[gregg75]

I had a subscription about 10 year ago. They offer a year subscription for $16 now (about 60 cents for a 2 week issue). Since they recently added the sub-channels (which I watch a lot) I figured why not. But yes, the older TV Guides were much better.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

They served a purpose once upon a time. So did lots of things we have since developed better ways of doing.

 

[Kelly A]

added the BOLDED
low powered stations are not required to carry a program guide. Only full powered/Class A stations have to

The low powered stations owned by HC2 (they own a ton of stations) as example do not carry program schedule.

But nobody watches the few remaining analog LPTV, or digital LD stations, so they don't count.

 

[Mr Tony]

But nobody watches the few remaining analog LPTV, or digital LD stations, so they don't count.

sure they do. Especially when you live in a market where one or more of the Big 4 are on a low powered station
(our NBC & CW in Mankato are on a Low powered station)

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

sure they do. Especially when you live in a market where one or more of the Big 4 are on a low powered station
(our NBC & CW in Mankato are on a Low powered station)

In the absolute literal way, sure, “nobody” may be imprecise. But as a statistically relevant percentage of the population? Nobody is spot on.