Eh. The DVR owners finally won the battle with the networks about those 1 or 2 minute differences in running times being unadvertised, but it's still not perfect. I find that, fairly often, network scheduling at odd times rounds the start of the program down to the nearest minute and I wind up with a few seconds of credits of the previous show at the start of my recording (which is preferable to having the start cut off, I'll admit) or a few seconds of credits cut off at the end. I've ended up padding my recordings for an extra minute (one of the few good things about Time-Warner's Navigator system) when I'm interested in the preview for the next week and the show runs an odd length.
PAL and its digital replacement have a program ID code embedded in the signal so that guides can accurately display what's on at the moment and recorders can start/stop the instant the program changes. I've heard that ATSC has this ability as well, but none of the American broadcasters use it. On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 08:10, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: > Those with DVRs generally don't need to know, no? Mine, at least, > already shows that the episode runs until 9:01, so no tweaking seems > to be required. > > jd > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > > So sayeth its Facebook fan page. > > > > Thought those with DVRs may want to know. > > > > -- > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > > -- > > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- David J. Lynch [email protected] -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
