No Motorola does not have the right to charge for the guide, this is why we have know support from them, they make nothing on the 4dtv's. Two idiots basically killed the industry for us. They sued Motorola because Motorola wanted $1 a month to help with updates and the guide, but Motorola lost, so you can get the guide free now, I no many people that do... I will be happy to pay $1 a month for the guide but I guess the time has passed. We may have even seen a new 4dtv, but now it seems to be to late for any of that.