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TV Listings (Irish Times)

  • 20-05-2014 12:31pm
    #1
    kay0ss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭


    Can anyone tell me what the number associated with each TV listing on the Irish Times is about?.. for example;

    For Monday, RTE-2 at 11:05 we have Soccer Republic followed by "65322819"


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  • #2
    surpy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 383 ✭✭surpy


    would it be videoplus codes?
    (not suggesting that everyone looking up tv listings in the newspaper may still be recording to vhs :) )


  • #3
    franer1970
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 336 ✭✭franer1970


    Videoplus codes all right.
    It is a little bizzare that they are still being published in the age of the electronic programming guide. The Sunday Times has them as well.


  • #4
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    franer1970 wrote: »
    Videoplus codes all right.
    It is a little bizzare that they are still being published in the age of the electronic programming guide. The Sunday Times has them as well.

    There for the remaining analogue cable users here and in the UK most likely. 45,000+ official UPC analogue subscribers and maybe 10s of thousands of others with analogue recorders attached to other cable TV points in the house.

    The RTÉ Guide only has the codes for the traditional 8 Irish and UK PSB channels.


  • #5
    kay0ss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭kay0ss


    Thanks for the info and the notes. Now that you say,, I remember these codes where they were 'new'. I lived in the UK and some remote's had a reader (IR?) which was able to scan the code right off the page. All the Best - jmb


  • #6
    kay0ss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭kay0ss


    Look for Video_recorder_scheduling_code in Wikipedia for more info


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  • #7
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    kay0ss wrote: »
    Now that you say,, I remember these codes where they were 'new'. I lived in the UK and some remote's had a reader (IR?) which was able to scan the code right off the page.

    That was a different system, from Panasonic, before Videoplus came along. Videoplus codes were entered manually via the r/c.

    http://www.docstoc.com/docs/6081274/Panasonic-VCR-Barcode-Programming-Sheet


  • #8
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    A VHS will work on Saorview (via TV or set-box), Freesat or Sky box. Still. The code won't select the correct channel, but I think you can edit that after entry to AV etc. I'm sure I tried it about 10 years ago on a Sky box with a VHS.


  • #9
    Richard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭Richard


    There's information on Video+ and PDC which meant the recording would start at the right time even if the schedule was running late here:

    http://625.uk.com/pdc/index.htm


  • #10
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Richard wrote: »
    There's information on Video+ and PDC which meant the recording would start at the right time even if the schedule was running late

    The Irish channels didn't have PDC so if programmes started/ended late tough luck. Similar situation exists today on Saorview if there are changes to the schedule the epg and now/next info isn't automatically updated - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=83430899&postcount=248


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