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VM channel numbers a royal mess
brendagoats
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Will there ever be a more logical number order for channels?
It's tops that all the new channels are added, but a bit daft that they are placed so far away from their counterparts.
Please can VM re-jig,
It's tops that all the new channels are added, but a bit daft that they are placed so far away from their counterparts.
Please can VM re-jig,
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they have it about right with
National Geographic 230
National Geographic +1 231
National Geographic HD 232
then they mix it up with
Animal Planet 216
Animal Planet HD 217
Animal Planet +1 218
and then they go nuts with
Syfy 135
Syfy +1 136
Syfy HD 165
sure it takes time but it makes sense having them all close to each other
Place the channels you watch most frequently into the "Favourite channels" folder of the channel guide (accessed though the Settings menu).
Thereafter, you can access the current and upcoming schedule for your favourite channels with a couple of button presses (initially via the "Guide" button) and select the channel you want to view from there. No need for channel numbers at all.
This is the method that I use on my Tivo and if I recall correctly, it should work with V+ and V boxes too.
BBC ONE 101
BBC TWO 102
BBC THREE 106
BBC FOUR 107
BBC ONE HD 108
BBC TWO HD 187
BBC ALBA 188
It will need doing eventually though.
well its not rocket science and I really don't care what numbers they use just as long as there is some logic to it.
its just a shame the end user cant renumber the channels ' to suit ourselves '
I agree. We have to tell VM,
BUT you cam make a list by making them 'favourites':cool:
BBC ONE 101
BBC TWO 102
ITV 103
CHANNEL FOUR 104
CHANNEL 5 105
BBC ONE HD 201
BBC TWO HD 202
ITV HD 203
CHANNEL FOUR HD 204
CHANNEL 5 HD 205
Simply put all the HD channels in the 200 bracket and keep the last two digits the same as the SD channel
Of course you'd have to reorganise all the other channels because of this but they need doing anyway
funny enough I knew that but if they are not clustered together it still means having to hunt for them
look at Albi - 130 - 131 and then it jumps to 200
or Watch - 124 -125 and then it jumps to 191
so where is the sense in that ?
Its not rocket science no, but any EPG number movement would have to be agreed by the broadcaster.
It would leave arguments all over the shop by broadcasters whos channels are going higher up.
I prefer this line up myself
001 BBC1
002 BBC2
003 ITV
004 Channel 4
005 Channel 5
006 Local TV or BBC3
007 Local TV 2 or BBC4 or BBC3 if you only have one Local TV channel where you live
008 BBC 3 or ITV2 if there is no Local TV channel where you live or BBC4 if there is only one Local TV channel where you live
009 BBC4 or ITV3 if there is no Local TV channel where you live
010 ITV2 or ITV4
011 ITV3 or Sky 1
012 ITV4 or Sky 2
013 Sky 1 or Sky Living
014 Sky 2 or Sky Living +
015 Sky Living or Sky Living It
016 Sky Living + Sky Living It +
017 Sky Living It or TLC
018 Sky Living It + or TLC +
019 TLC for areas that have Local TV channels
020 TLC + for areas that have Local TV channels
EPG Slots 101-105 then can be used for the rest of the pay TV channels
HD channels would replace the SD versions if practical if not they would be at the end of the Content Genre sections ie EPG Slots 190-299 or 540-550 for Sports for example
For example
well I really dont care what the broadcasters think as its the end user that is paying
for the service.
sure they will never get a system to suit everyone but there has to be some logic in the numbers
and just now we have
Animal Planet 216
Animal Planet HD 217
Animal Planet +1 218
and then
Eden 208
Eden +1 209
Eden HD 210
so this does not make any sense at all
does not matter if the HD channel is listed before the +1 channel just as long as they all clustered the same way
so why not have
Eden 208
Eden HD 209
Eden +1 210
then at least it follows the same convention as most of the others.
But if the Broadcasters dont like the changes, they can pull there channels, leaving you with no content. Hence why there hasnt been an EPG shake up yet.
Hence why MTV is before MTV HD and Comedy Central HD got moved up. Everyone has access to the SD so they put the SD channels higher up the EPG. If Virgin then said "Well we will put MTV higher up the EPG so that Comedy Central HD and +1 are next to the main channel" then Viacom could have turned around and said "well then you wont get MTV HD, Nick HD, MTV Music and all the other channels we were going to give you"
why is it mixed up sometimes its the +1 in the middle and other times its the HD channel in the middle
I am not interested in politics its bloody knowing where the channels are so Virgin should stick to one method.
does not matter to me where they are as long as I can find them.
I think the HD channels shold come first..
ie
Animal planet HD
animal planet
animal planet+1
virgin media adverting HD into a BIG THING!!
they mite as well put the HD channels FIRST
it makes sence
Or put the SD/HD channel on the same number and be able to press the blue button to jump between SD and HD if you have HD in your package
Then you just say back to them go tell the companies that pay for ads to be on your channel they will have 3 million less potential viewers