emacee1701
05-12-2008, 04:32 AM
Don't get me started!
Slow and Non-responsive: Lately Media Guide pages have been very slow to load at times (often NOT times I'd expect peak demand). Part - or none - of the page appears and the status bar keeps saying "Waiting" or "Reading." This is like the bad old days of modems and the "World Wide Wait."
Inaccurate: A lot of listings are out of date. Shows canceled. Times or stations change. Errors happen. Applian seems to slow to check, to update and to make corrections.
Incomplete: A lot of stations, shows and podcasts (available in other listings) are not included. vTuner has a far more complete audio stream/station list. iTunes has a far more comprehensive podcast list. vTuner used to work with Replay Radio 5 (sort of as a second Media Guide) but not with any current versions. This should have been continued. The functionality of Replay AV depends in large part on easy and convenient availability of complete and accurate listings.
Faux Podcasts: In addition to missing a lot of real RSS podcasts, many of the so-called "podcast" listings are not podcasts at all, but streamed shows. How about truth in packaging here: Keep the podcast listings just podcasts (maybe with an option to search of shows if you don't find what you want as a podcast). Podcasts don't get preempted (for ballgames, pledge drives) or moved to a different station or time slot.
Everybody in this forum has bought the full Applian package. Others who just bought Replay AV have paid about half the full package price. Media Guide is part of the product's functionality and it's part of what we paid for. The software is good. The Media Guide is not just an after-thought and it needs to be better.
Slow and Non-responsive: Lately Media Guide pages have been very slow to load at times (often NOT times I'd expect peak demand). Part - or none - of the page appears and the status bar keeps saying "Waiting" or "Reading." This is like the bad old days of modems and the "World Wide Wait."
Inaccurate: A lot of listings are out of date. Shows canceled. Times or stations change. Errors happen. Applian seems to slow to check, to update and to make corrections.
Incomplete: A lot of stations, shows and podcasts (available in other listings) are not included. vTuner has a far more complete audio stream/station list. iTunes has a far more comprehensive podcast list. vTuner used to work with Replay Radio 5 (sort of as a second Media Guide) but not with any current versions. This should have been continued. The functionality of Replay AV depends in large part on easy and convenient availability of complete and accurate listings.
Faux Podcasts: In addition to missing a lot of real RSS podcasts, many of the so-called "podcast" listings are not podcasts at all, but streamed shows. How about truth in packaging here: Keep the podcast listings just podcasts (maybe with an option to search of shows if you don't find what you want as a podcast). Podcasts don't get preempted (for ballgames, pledge drives) or moved to a different station or time slot.
Everybody in this forum has bought the full Applian package. Others who just bought Replay AV have paid about half the full package price. Media Guide is part of the product's functionality and it's part of what we paid for. The software is good. The Media Guide is not just an after-thought and it needs to be better.