02-11-2005, 11:00 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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From the Compile it Yourself Dept: TV Guide for Pocket PC
I installed this, but then discovered that I had to compile my own listing from Zap2IT's DataDirect service. This was work several orders of magnitude greater than what I was anticipating, so I settled for my usual routine of flipping back and forth between The Obscure Military Aircraft Channel, the People Showing Off How Big Their Pants Used To Be Channel, and the Cooking with Marmelade Channel. Am I making this harder than it needs to be? What are YOU using to get your TV listing fix?
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02-11-2005, 11:28 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 5,616
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I've always found Zap2it to be incredibly slow - four hours+ to download two weeks worth of info for my provider/location. Evolve can do a week in less than three minutes, using Pocket TV Manager and Browser.
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02-11-2005, 11:29 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 38
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I have used several programs like this one, the latest of which was PTVL. I have found that it is easier to simply go to my.yahoo page on my pda and view the tvlistings that I already have displayed. This way I do not need to remember to redownload the listings every week, and there is no memory used on my pda.
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02-11-2005, 11:32 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 1
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I have used this one for years, i believe that it uses that Zap2it service also.
There has been recent releases of PTVL that you may want to check out ...
http://ptvl.thumbsupsoft.com/
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02-11-2005, 11:40 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 81
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Originally Posted by maxamis
I have used this one for years, i believe that it uses that Zap2it service also.
There has been recent releases of PTVL that you may want to check out ...
http://ptvl.thumbsupsoft.com/ |
I use this also and have set my desktop computer to download the next 12 days worth of tv data each morning at 7:30 so when i sync my Dell Axim x50 i alway have the most current tv schedules. its automatic and only takes about 5 minutes each day.
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02-12-2005, 12:00 AM
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02-12-2005, 12:11 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,725
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I don't use anything for TV listings on my Pocket PC, but I'm very fond of TitanTV on my desktop.
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02-12-2005, 12:19 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 327
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PTVB
I use Pocket TV Browser, and I think it is the best by far. I used to use it when it used the TVGuide listings, then dropped it when it went to Evolve, but now use it again because it now works with XMLTV and Zap2It. The one thing that Pocket TV Browser does well that no other listing program does is search. What is really amazing is that you can tap on any word in the program anywhere, and it will immediately find all shows that relate to the word. If I see a description for a move with Al Pacino in it, and tap on the word "Pacino", it IMMEDIATELY comes up with a list of every listing with Al Pacino in it. No other program does this, that I know of.
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02-12-2005, 12:40 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,108
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I too must chime in for Pocket TV Browser. Paired with XMLTV, I get free listings from Zap2It DD, and excellent customization.
ctmagnus, you might want to retry Zap2It Direct. I usually get 13 days of listings in about 5-10 minutes.
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02-12-2005, 02:00 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 630
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PTVL
I use PTVL. I had both PTVL and PTVB, then the whole copyright thing started abd PTVB went to Evolve which cost $$. I looked at using it again, but the whole XMLTV thing seemed more trouble than it's worth.
It wasn't intuitive from the XMLTV page how to download easily so I gave up. Anyone have some simple instructions so I can give it another shot?
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