I hope you are right and wrong. I hope you are right related to the Voom box being able to
handle PSIP (the information stations can embed in the signal to provide on-screen guides
detailed programming info). I hope you are wrong in that the solution for newly scanned
channels that don't already show programming info will need to depend on PSIP for the
information.
Since Voom serves these other locations with detailed programming info in their guide,
they have the data in the system (in other words, they are not depending on PSIP data to
populate the guide). I've observed with 4 "local" markets that I can tap, a good number of
stations are not implementing or properly implementing the PSIP data in their signal
streams. I strongly hope that we don't have to wait on them to get their PSIP info right.
Instead, I hope that Voom finds a way to map detailed programming guide data based on
our locations and the channels our scans can actually lock. This would provide detailed
data ASAP, without having to wait (what will probably be a very long time) for each station
to get their own PSIP implementation done right.
--- In
VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "snappingfish" <snappingfish@y...> wrote:
> Perhaps Wilt can give us the low-down on how this is supposed to
> work. My impression was that the program data is/can be included
> with the digital OTA signal, so as long as the STB and the local
> station are compatible, AND the local station in fact includes the
> program guide info with their signal, the STB should be able to
> polulate the guide.
>
> Since these local stations are free to do "whatever" they want with
> their allocated bandwidth (19Mbit), they are the ones that decide
> what will be broadcast on the various subchannels. I have one local
> station that has chosen to broadcast 5 channels (1 main and 4 sub)
> instead of HD.
>
> Also, someone who has a standalone STB (no satellite) should also be
> able to get the program guide data over the air for the digital
> channels.
>
> --- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "kestlera" <abnerkestler@h...> wrote:
> > Sounds reasonable as they are already sending the "whole" lot.
> >
> > Maybe the box could be modified to just "pick off" the channels it
> > wants.
> >
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