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<blockquote data-quote="agarrido" data-source="post: 21076">Khris,I assume you say &quot;but no we aren't going to die from it&quot; because you may not have many channels. In my case I have direct tv and I'm using the plug-in to have MP change channles on the DTV's STB. My subscription to DirectTv has about 500 channels. Since the MP channel line-up does not match the numbers with the actual DTV channels, I have to remember the whole 500 channels internal line up by hard !!! ??? !!!That is:HBO on DTV starts in channel 500. But MP says it is 122.Music channel Soft rock start at 800. MP... I can't rememberChannel UPN44 is suppose to be channel 44. For MP, again.. I cant' remember.What if I want/need to remove a channel? I'll have to learn the whole thing again?I find this not only annoying but also a showstopper when it comes to use MP to watch tv.Think about it... what's the thing that we do the most when we watch tv? Flipping channels! If we make that annoying, then watching tv becomes annoying.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="agarrido, post: 21076"] Khris, I assume you say "but no we aren't going to die from it" because you may not have many channels. In my case I have direct tv and I'm using the plug-in to have MP change channles on the DTV's STB. My subscription to DirectTv has about 500 channels. Since the MP channel line-up does not match the numbers with the actual DTV channels, I have to remember the whole 500 channels internal line up by hard !!! ??? !!! That is: HBO on DTV starts in channel 500. But MP says it is 122. Music channel Soft rock start at 800. MP... I can't remember Channel UPN44 is suppose to be channel 44. For MP, again.. I cant' remember. What if I want/need to remove a channel? I'll have to learn the whole thing again? I find this not only annoying but also a showstopper when it comes to use MP to watch tv. Think about it... what's the thing that we do the most when we watch tv? Flipping channels! If we make that annoying, then watching tv becomes annoying. [/QUOTE]

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