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ReplayTV Users affected by EPG cutover too

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Post by adam1991 » Sun Jul 19, 2015 11:34 pm

I poked in at AVS forums, and it turns out the ReplayTV people got wind of this beginning 7/10:

http://www.avsforum.com/forum/27-replay ... -15-a.html

My guess is that the Rovi situation wasn't at MS's instigation. Something happened at Tribune. The timing is just too coincidental.

That put MS in a whole new light, in my opinion. They knew this was coming and took active steps to address it. This isn't MS trying to kill WMC, IMHO.

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Post by Scallica » Mon Jul 20, 2015 1:08 am

I thought Replay TV shut down their guide data mothership years ago? Unless everyone is using WiRNS?
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Post by adam1991 » Mon Jul 20, 2015 1:22 am

No, they said they were going to--and ended up not.

But before they cancelled those plans, people set up alternatives that used WiRNS and a third party pay system. Those became optional, until last week and until Replay fixes this issue.

My guess is, Replay got caught by surprise while MS didn't. Like I said, this puts MS and WMC in a whole new light. I'd shy away from the whole "MS is dumping WMC" talk track.

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Post by STC » Mon Jul 20, 2015 1:44 am

To me it's just an effect of an unsupported product.
This is exactly the kind of thing that will happen over time.
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Post by adam1991 » Mon Jul 20, 2015 9:34 am

Except with WMC, where it's clearly not happening.

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Post by blueiedgod » Tue Aug 04, 2015 6:15 pm

I think the only reason we are getting guide updates moved over to Rovi is because of the XBOX ONE, which Microsoft is betting to become the WMC replacement.

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