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<blockquote data-quote="Lazarus" data-source="post: 737943" data-attributes="member: 323322">Generic DVB - S receivers are generally specified for &quot;up to 14 days EPG&quot;, but in practice what you get is limited to what Broadcasters choose to send. And what they send is generally Now &amp; Next only, if that. Some German Channels carry more though.The thing is that the data you are getting is sent along with each Channel or Bouquet so bandwidth is limited.For Platforms such as BSkyB , Freesat etc, an entire Transponder is dedicated to sending reams of EPG Data and the associated Receivers are designed to poll this and populate the Receivers with Channel numbering, Programme info, Series linking etc .etc.So unless you have third-party means of obtaining the full EPG, you are stuck with Now &amp; Next.Fortec Star have some jiggery-pokery that can read the full EPG and the Linux (and Media Centre) bods get it via the Interweb thingy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lazarus, post: 737943, member: 323322"] Generic DVB - S receivers are generally specified for "up to 14 days EPG", but in practice what you get is limited to what Broadcasters choose to send. And what they send is generally Now & Next only, if that. Some German Channels carry more though. The thing is that the data you are getting is sent along with each Channel or Bouquet so bandwidth is limited. For Platforms such as BSkyB , Freesat etc, an entire Transponder is dedicated to sending reams of EPG Data and the associated Receivers are designed to poll this and populate the Receivers with Channel numbering, Programme info, Series linking etc .etc. So unless you have third-party means of obtaining the full EPG, you are stuck with Now & Next. Fortec Star have some jiggery-pokery that can read the full EPG and the Linux (and Media Centre) bods get it via the Interweb thingy. [/QUOTE]

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