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Question about the Guide Marc 07-08-2008
Posted by Marc on July 8, 2008, 5:44 pm
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 Why does the guide need to be downloaded? My Freeview Box gets this data
over the air.
I'm sure there's a good reason (perhaps to make it work in any country).
Any ideas?

Marc



Posted by Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] on July 8, 2008, 11:26 pm
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 Because in the US, we're still analog for the most part and that data isn't
transmitted over the air, nor in any other country that's primarily NTSC.

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> Why does the guide need to be downloaded? My Freeview Box gets this data
> over the air.
> I'm sure there's a good reason (perhaps to make it work in any country).
> Any ideas?
>
> Marc
>


Posted by Marc on July 9, 2008, 6:15 pm
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> Because in the US, we're still analog for the most part and that data
> isn't transmitted over the air, nor in any other country that's primarily
> NTSC.
>
>
>> Why does the guide need to be downloaded? My Freeview Box gets this data
>> over the air.
>> I'm sure there's a good reason (perhaps to make it work in any country).
>> Any ideas?


I see. Thanks for the answer. You guys just have fast broadband instead!
M



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