Guide Plus, the Glossary
Guide Plus+ (in Europe), TV Guide On Screen, TV Guide Daily, TV Guide Plus+ and Guide Plus+ Gold (in North America) or G-Guide (in Japan) are brand names for an interactive electronic program guide (EPG) system that is used in consumer electronics products, such as television sets, DVD recorders, personal video recorders, and other digital television devices.[1]
Table of Contents
64 relations: Advertising, All-in-Wonder, Analog television, ATI Technologies, ATSC standards, ATSC tuner, Austria, Belgium, Bit rate, Cable television, Canada, Channel Master, Closed captioning, Consumer electronics, Datacasting, Digital cable, Digital television, Digital television transition in the United States, Digital video recorder, Display device, Download, DVD recorder, Electronic program guide, Europe, Federal Communications Commission, Fee, France, Gemstar–TV Guide International, General Electric, Germany, Hitachi, Italy, Japan, JVC, LG, License, Marketing, Netherlands, NexTView, North America, Panasonic, Program and System Information Protocol, ProScan, RCA, Royalty payment, Samsung, Satellite television, Sharp Corporation, Software, Sony, ... Expand index (14 more) »
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Advertising
Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service.
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All-in-Wonder
The All-in-Wonder (also abbreviated to AIW) was a combination graphics card/TV tuner card designed by ATI Technologies.
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Analog television
Analog television is the original television technology that uses analog signals to transmit video and audio.
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ATI Technologies
ATI Technologies Inc., commonly called ATI, was a Canadian semiconductor technology corporation based in Markham, Ontario, that specialized in the development of graphics processing units and chipsets.
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ATSC standards
Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) standards are an International set of standards for broadcast and digital television transmission over terrestrial, cable and satellite networks. Guide Plus and ATSC standards are digital television.
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ATSC tuner
An ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) tuner, often called an ATSC receiver or HDTV tuner, is a type of television tuner that allows reception of digital television (DTV) television channels that use ATSC standards, as transmitted by television stations in North America, parts of Central America, and South Korea. Guide Plus and ATSC tuner are digital television.
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
Bit rate
In telecommunications and computing, bit rate (bitrate or as a variable R) is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time.
Cable television
Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Channel Master
Channel Master is a manufacturer of TV Antennas and Accessories which formerly employed 1600 people.
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Closed captioning
Closed captioning (CC) and subtitling are both processes of displaying text on a television, video screen, or other visual display to provide additional or interpretive information.
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Consumer electronics
Consumer electronics or home electronics are electronic (analog or digital) equipment intended for everyday use, typically in private homes.
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Datacasting
Datacasting (data broadcasting) is the transmission of data over a wide area using radio waves.
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Digital cable
Digital cable is the distribution of cable television using digital data and video compression.
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Digital television
Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals.
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Digital television transition in the United States
The digital transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of terrestrial television programming.
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Digital video recorder
A digital video recorder (DVR), also referred to as a personal video recorder (PVR) particularly in Canada and British English, is an electronic device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card, SSD or other local or networked mass storage device.
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Display device
A display device is an output device for presentation of information in visual or tactile form (the latter used for example in tactile electronic displays for blind people).
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Download
In computer networks, download means to receive data from a remote system, typically a server such as a web server, an FTP server, an email server, or other similar systems.
DVD recorder
A DVD recorder is an optical disc recorder that uses optical disc recording technologies to digitally record analog or digital signals onto blank writable DVD media.
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Electronic program guide
Electronic programming guides (EPGs) and interactive programming guides (IPGs) are menu-based systems that provide users of television, radio, and other media applications with continuously updated menus that display scheduling information for current and upcoming broadcast programming (most commonly, TV listings). Guide Plus and Electronic program guide are digital television.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
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Fee
A fee is the price one pays as remuneration for rights or services.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Gemstar–TV Guide International
Gemstar–TV Guide International, Inc. was a media company that licensed interactive program guide technology to multichannel video programming distributors such as cable and satellite television providers, and consumer electronics manufacturers; video recorder scheduling codes under brands such as VCR Plus; as well as serving as publishers of TV Guide magazine as well as operators of tvguide.com, owners of TV Guide Network and TVG Network, and provided various related services. Guide Plus and Gemstar–TV Guide International are tV Guide.
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General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) was an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the state of New York and headquartered in Boston.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Hitachi
() is a Japanese multinational conglomerate founded in 1910 and headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
JVC
JVC (short for Japan Victor Company) is a Japanese brand owned by JVCKenwood.
LG
LG Corporation (or LG Group), formerly known as Lucky-Goldstar, is a South Korean multinational conglomerate founded by Koo In-hwoi and managed by successive generations of his family.
License
A license (US) or licence (Commonwealth) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit).
Marketing
Marketing is the act of satisfying and retaining customers.
Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
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NexTView
NexTView was an electronic program guide for the analog domain, introduced in 1995 and based on Teletext Level 2.5 / Hi-Text.
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
See Guide Plus and North America
Panasonic
is a Japanese multinational electronics company, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan.
Program and System Information Protocol
The Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) is the MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group, a video and audio industry group) and privately defined program-specific information originally defined by General Instrument for the DigiCipher 2 system and later extended for the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a television station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch by title and description. Guide Plus and program and System Information Protocol are digital television.
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ProScan
ProScan is a consumer electronics manufacturer and has a trademark in continuous use since 1990.
RCA
The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America.
Royalty payment
A royalty payment is a payment made by one party to another that owns a particular asset, for the right to ongoing use of that asset.
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Samsung
Samsung Group (stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Digital City, Suwon, South Korea.
Satellite television
Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location.
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Sharp Corporation
is a Japanese electronics company.
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Software
Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer.
Sony
, formerly known as and, commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
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System deployment
The deployment of a mechanical device, electrical system, computer program, etc., is its assembly or transformation from a packaged form to an operational working state.
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Teletext
Teletext, or broadcast teletext, is a standard for displaying text and rudimentary graphics on suitably equipped television sets.
Television set
A television set or television receiver (more commonly called TV, TV set, television, telly, or tele) is an electronic device for the purpose of viewing and hearing television broadcasts, or as a computer monitor.
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Television station
A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to any number of tuned receivers simultaneously.
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Terrestrial television
Terrestrial television or over-the-air television (OTA) is a type of television broadcasting in which the content is transmitted via radio waves from the terrestrial (Earth-based) transmitter of a TV station to a TV receiver having an antenna.
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TiVo Corporation
TiVo Corporation, formerly known as the Rovi Corporation and Macrovision Solutions Corporation, was an American technology company headquartered in San Jose, California.
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Toshiba
is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Vantiva
Vantiva SA, formerly Technicolor SA, Thomson SARL, Thomson SA, and Thomson Multimedia, is a French multinational corporation that provides creative services and technology products for the communication, media and entertainment industries.
Vertical blanking interval
In a raster scan display, the vertical blanking interval (VBI), also known as the vertical interval or VBLANK, is the time between the end of the final visible line of a frame or field and the beginning of the first visible line of the next frame or field.
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Video recorder scheduling code
VCR Plus+, G-Code, VideoPlus+ and ShowView are different names for the same scheduling system for programming VCRs and digital video recorders. Guide Plus and video recorder scheduling code are tV Guide.
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See also
Products and services discontinued in 2016
- 4DTV
- Alien Blue
- Apple A5
- Apple Battery Charger
- Asphalt Overdrive
- Bacardi 151
- Betamax
- Bionicle
- Darkspore
- Devil's Third
- Dust 514
- Ether Saga Odyssey
- Guide Plus
- Gunslinger Stratos
- IPad 2
- IPad Air (1st generation)
- IPad Mini (1st generation)
- IPhone 4s
- IPhone 5c
- Infestation: Survivor Stories
- LittleBigPlanet (2009 video game)
- Millstone Coffee
- Namco Arcade
- PangYa
- Pebble (watch)
- PlanetSide (video game)
- Product 19
- Project Spark
- Rise of Mana
- Sky+ HD
- Snack Wrap
- Sonic Runners
- Surface 3
- Surface Pro 3
- Tales of Pirates
- The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot
- Tom Clancy's EndWar
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms
- Universal Media Disc
- Windows Phone 8
- Xbox 360
- Xbox 360 controller
TV Guide
- Barry Golson
- Bruce Dowbiggin
- Edith Efron
- Gemstar–TV Guide International
- Guide Plus
- Hema Bellur
- History of Pop (American TV channel)
- Judith Crist
- Rose Leiman Goldemberg
- Sneak Prevue
- TV Guide
- TV Guide (Canada)
- TV Guide (magazine)
- TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
- Teve Guía
- The Cigar Store Indian
- Triangle Publications
- Video recorder scheduling code
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guide_Plus
Also known as G-GUIDE, GUIDE Plus+, TV Guide On Screen, TVGOS.
, Spain, Switzerland, System deployment, Teletext, Television set, Television station, Terrestrial television, TiVo Corporation, Toshiba, United Kingdom, United States, Vantiva, Vertical blanking interval, Video recorder scheduling code.