I think this is a great idea! Why has no one replied?
I find it so annoying to have to scroll through all the channels, living on the Gold Coast we get all local and Brisbane channels. It wouldnt be so bad but the Samsung Programme guide is so slow to load as well. My PVR guide works fantastic so it cannot be anything to do reception.
After automatically searching for digital channels one can delete channels which makes them not appear in the channel list and beeing skipped when zapping through all channels.
However, they all appear in the program guide. Having to scroll over 100+ unused entries makes the guide almost unusable.
Proposed Solution:
There is an option under "Channels / Channel Mode" to define if only added channels or just favorites shall be shown in the channel-list.
This should also affect the guide, or even better there sould be a similar option to define whether the guide shows
* all channels
* added channels or
* favorite channels
My Model is UE46B7XXX FW 2009/09/30_002009

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