Want to watch the movie which your colleague informed you about? Damn, you forgot which satellite TV channel is showing it and she is not picking up her phone… now what? Will you have to call it a day and concentrate on the petty household chores and lament it over a drink next time you two meet? Or are you going to find the channel out and watch the movie? That sounds nice! But how are you going to do it? There are probably hundreds of channels offered by your DISH Network connection. You cannot possibly go to each of the channels and see whether any of them are carrying the movie or show you want to watch. Relax; there is no need to do all these things. DISH Network brings you a great new feature that can help you perform this task easily and efficiently.

This feature is known as electronic programming guide. This feature is also known as EPG. It is great features that can help people find their favorite programs quickly and timely. This programming guide is nothing but a virtual database of all the programs shown on different DISH Network channels. The guide gives you detailed programming schedule for two to three days. So you can see the programs beforehand and keep yourself free for that period of time. The programming guide comes in a tabular form and packs in all the details about the latest programming on DISH Network channels. Form this guide you can know a lot of things about the programs.

In case of movies you can know about the name of the movie and its airtime. Apart from that you can also learn a lot about it like the duration of the movie and the director and actors. You can also know about the genre of the movie as well. Apart from that you can also know about the duration of each of the programs. If you are watching a program, you can see how much time is left for the program to end. This will help you determine which show you will watch and which show you can record.

In case of international programming, you can see an indication in the electronic programming guide stating that whether a particular program comes with subtitle or not. This can help you watch a programming a language that you cannot understand because of the accent.

This programming guide also gives you a chance to record a particular show within a short period of time. If you are on the run and cannot watch any of your favorite programs you can just select the program and pres the DVR button on your remote control. After that you will be able to record your favorite show.

With the coming of Google TV you will also enjoy better search functionality on the electronic programming guide. You can now search a great number of TV contents in different ways. You can search by the title of the program, genre of the program and even by the names of the director, actors and actresses. Now that is what we call a smart feature!