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I have just been reminded that my Digiguide (http://www.digiguide.com/) subscription is almost due for renewal, which means I've been using it for a year already. Pem (Paul M) put me onto it and I have found it very useful. I urge you to trial it....it's rather good! (and at £8.99/yr not too pricey) :tu: :)
Hey, missed this the other day, I agree with Ramrod ;) :D
dilli-theclaw
25-11-2004, 02:25
I will have to have a look at this :)
homealone
25-11-2004, 08:04
I will have to have a look at this :)
having been without net access at home, for a few days, I have to say digiguide is one of the things I missed the most. It has become second nature to click up what's on 'next', thoroughly recommended :tu:
I have just been reminded that my Digiguide (http://www.digiguide.com/) subscription is almost due for renewal, which means I've been using it for a year already. Pem (Paul M) put me onto it and I have found it very useful. I urge you to trial it....it's rather good! (and at £8.99/yr not too pricey) :tu: :)
Or go to www.five.tv (http://www.five.tv), where the TV listings are powered by Digiguide and don't cost a penny (just register with an email addy other than the one you used to register for Digiguide, and the C5 listings will even let you build a custom channel line-up). The layout style and information supplied is direct from Digiguide. ;)
It doesn't have a lot of the functionality of the full-on Digiguide, but as a quick reference tool, I find it excellent.
Sorry Paul .... :erm: :D
ian@huth
25-11-2004, 09:21
I have used Digiguide for around 3 years and would be lost without it. I use Digiguide to search for programmes that I want to watch and then set them to record on my Sky+ system. Very easy to use with lots of features to help choose your programmes. You can set it up to show whatever channels you want in any order you want with your DTV suppliers channel numbers and apply colour coding to genres. Excellent search feature with all Sky Movies films up to the end of December being listed. If you have never used it, give it a try, you won't be disappointed. http://www.digiguide.com/
Sorry Paul .... :erm: :D:ninja: ;)
ian@huth
25-11-2004, 09:27
Or go to www.five.tv (http://www.five.tv), where the TV listings are powered by Digiguide and don't cost a penny (just register with an email addy other than the one you used to register for Digiguide, and the C5 listings will even let you build a custom channel line-up). The layout style and information supplied is direct from Digiguide. ;)
It doesn't have a lot of the functionality of the full-on Digiguide, but as a quick reference tool, I find it excellent.
Sorry Paul .... :erm: :D
Comparing the Five TV Guide to Digiguide is like comparing a single page from a paper dictionary to a fully functional, customisable electronic dictionary. :)
skyblueheroes
25-11-2004, 10:02
I use the new Radio Times site.
Its got a grid which you can add specific channels to, and you can set reminders for 'Your Programmes'. The thing I like is that its not just Programme 1, you can set it to remind you for Programme 1 on this date, on this channel, or when its on any channel.
I use the new Radio Times site.
Its got a grid which you can add specific channels to, and you can set reminders for 'Your Programmes'. The thing I like is that its not just Programme 1, you can set it to remind you for Programme 1 on this date, on this channel, or when its on any channel.
Linky? :)
Anyone feeling up for a programming challenge should also check out the XMLTV stuff at http://membled.com/work/apps/xmltv/
skyblueheroes
25-11-2004, 11:48
Linky? :)
http://www.radiotimes.com/
:D
http://www.radiotimes.com/
:D
:p: Now to rep ... but which colour? ;)
That's a superb site, BTW. I expect it'll be even better when I apply the Firefox adblock extension to it ... :D
Anyone feeling up for a programming challenge should also check out the XMLTV stuff at http://membled.com/work/apps/xmltv/Digiguide can import xmltv stuff - it's been used that way by US users for the last 18 months. :)
The radio times site seems pretty much the same as the five.tv site - except it has tons more annoying adverts. :disturbd:
The radio times site seems pretty much the same as the five.tv site - except it has tons more annoying adverts. :disturbd:
The layout is better - you can see more hours in one go. The navigation between times and dates is better too. I've bookmarked it.
skyblueheroes
25-11-2004, 12:36
:p: Now to rep ... but which colour? ;)
That's a superb site, BTW. I expect it'll be even better when I apply the Firefox adblock extension to it ... :D
Yeah I know - I just ignore the adverts :p:
The layout is better - you can see more hours in one go. The navigation between times and dates is better too. I've bookmarked it.I can see three hours on the RT site, and 4 hours on the five.tv site, so I'm not sure how you come to that conclusion ?
I can see three hours on the RT site, and 4 hours on the five.tv site, so I'm not sure how you come to that conclusion ?Sounds like you're looking at somethig different to me. Here's how I see the two guides on IE on my machine at work:
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With these views, I can see only an hour at a time with Five.tv, but three hours on Radio Times. I also like the navigation far better, being able to click days and times to skip forward and back.
ian@huth
25-11-2004, 14:02
Sounds like you're looking at somethig different to me. Here's how I see the two guides on IE on my machine at work:
http://homepage.mac.com/towny/fivetv.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/towny/rtimestv.jpg
With these views, I can see only an hour at a time with Five.tv, but three hours on Radio Times. I also like the navigation far better, being able to click days and times to skip forward and back.
You can get 3.5hours on digiguide if you close the right hand bar that is shown on http://www.digiguide.com/tutorial/v80/video/lesson2.shtml
Try it free for 30 days.
You can get 3.5hours on digiguide if you close the right hand bar that is shown on http://www.digiguide.com/tutorial/v80/video/lesson2.shtml
Try it free for 30 days.
But it appears I can get three hours on Radio Times by default. And it looks like I can try it free forever. :p: ;)
I would subscribe to something like Digiguide if I thought I really needed the extra functions it comes with, but TBH all I really want is a quick, simple reference guide. The free version of Digiguide at five.tv did that adequately, and it now looks like the free TV guide at radiotimes.com does it somewhat better. It's good enough for me. :)
I know why it is now - five.tv don't implement a couple of options in their view - namely the dropdown day choice, and number of hours to view in the grid. If you register on the five.tv site, and then switch to using the mydigiguide site, you get the extra options (and no adverts, I hate adverts).
skyblueheroes
25-11-2004, 14:30
But it appears I can get three hours on Radio Times by default. And it looks like I can try it free forever. :p: ;)
I would subscribe to something like Digiguide if I thought I really needed the extra functions it comes with, but TBH all I really want is a quick, simple reference guide. The free version of Digiguide at five.tv did that adequately, and it now looks like the free TV guide at radiotimes.com does it somewhat better. It's good enough for me. :)
Exactly why i'd never subscribe to something like that. RT does the job for me. I only want to be able to quickly browse and set fave programmes.
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