the My tivo hd updated channel list about 2 hours before the channel lineup change. why cant wmc do that? i think i made a mistake getting a ceton cable card.
Patience is a virtue.
WMC does its update twice a day, but Zap2it may not update their data more often than once a day. Across a weekend there may be no updates on Zap2it at all, which is not a serious problem because there's about an 11-day Guide fully populated going into the weekend so even if a few days go by with no real Guide updating at all (at the 11-day end of the Guide) it won't affect upcoming recordings for the next few days. Yes, you might not be able to set new recordings which are out there in time until those extreme days get filled again, but we just learn to live with this.
Hey... TWC/LA rolled out bug-ridden 1st-version A28 software for its Motorola DVR's several years ago and has yet to update it! TWC/LA customers have been living with a 6-day Guide for the past 2 years, when before that A28 rollout the previous A24 software provided 14-days of Guide!
Recently, with K. Olbermann's show on Current TV was vaporized on a Friday afternoon, it took a full week before Zap2it implemented the Guide update to reflect the programming change so that it showed up correctly in WMC. Same with occasional channel lineup changes, additions and deletions. But eventually it was updated. I've seen exactly the same non-instantaneous delays with TWC/LA's own Guide when I was using their DVRs. Sometimes it just takes time (or a weekend update) for these types of changes to get reflected out at the end-user location.
Just because Tivo's Guide provider/service works "better" than Zap2it is hardly a reason to rue your investment in WMC and a Ceton tuner card to replace your cableco's equipment and expensive service.
I've been using my Ceton card (plus an ATI TV Wonder 650 PCI OTA/ATSC card) to deliver whole-house service under WMC for about 1 1/2 years now and the list of functional and economic advantages over TWC/LA's offerings is huge. I have absolutely no regrets, and only praise. WMC's DVR capability runs rings around TWC/LA's iGuide software for Motorola boxes.