Our cable boxes are permanently 1-2 minutes slow. Awfully annoying at times. We use the online program listings a lot and usually* have to advance the time slot to see what the show really is. And that’s thru 3 different owners of the cable system. Cable companies are remarkably clueless about their own tech.
*Cause you mainly do this at times like “8:00” but the cable box thinks it’s still “7:58”.
Any mention of what the correct time is always brings to mind that famous sketch from the Goon Show , written by Spike Milligan :-
" ‘What time is it, Eccles? ’
‘Erm, just a minute I got it written down on a piece of paper. A nice man wrote it down for me this morning.
It’s writted 8 o’clock.’
’ But wait a minute. What if someone asks you the time, and it’s not 8 o’clock?’
'Well, then, I won’t show it to them. ’
'Well, how will you know when it’s 8 o’clock? ’
'I got it written down on a piece of paper. ’ "