[scotto74]

I was using the OzTivo feed, but recently switched back to the free*EPG 'hybrid' feed for the sole purpose of getting the separate HD listings.

The 'hybrid' feed apparently is (as the name suggested) a hybrid of the free*EPG channel listings, categories etc. (which include the dedicated HD channels) and the OzTivo program descriptions/synopsis.

So, in theory it's a best of both worlds solution. The other advantage is that the free*EPG feed gives you up to 14 days of guide data.

However, I have noticed that because the free*EPG feed is only published weekly on Saturdays (in Sydney, at least); you get progressively more "?" entries leading up to the day the guide data is published. So even though VMC will download the guide each day, it ends up just downloading the same thing 6 days a week, and new data on the 7th day.

On the plus side however, there was another poll recently regarding whether the free*EPG feed should retain or remove the "[HD]" tag from the end of programs that are in HD. Initially I was against it (ie. wanted the suffix removed), but I've now grown to like the idea of being able to see at a glance which shows are in HD and which aren't, without need to scroll to each program to look for the small HD icon in the program details.

So, I'm torn between the clean, frequently updated OzTivo data; or the enhanced, but sometimes ageing free*EPG data....

But I would still vote for having the HD channels in the OzTivo feed, even if I stick with the free*EPG feed.