If you enter the 'Search EPG' screen, and switch to 'Description', the expected behaviour is for the initial results to be those beginning with 0 - 9 (same as with switching to title search). Then if you click 'right' on the 'Starts with' filter, you would expect the list to be filtered to those programs with descriptions starting with 'A'.

In both cases this fails. The initial list is those CONTAINING 0 - 9. When you try to filter by 'A', the new list is those CONTAINING 'A'.

We have two possible fixes.

1. Since the filtered list A-Z is actually meaningless (who cares what letter the description starts with?) we could remove the ability to filter the list altogether. Assuming the list loads quickly (maybe the slow speed I am seeing on this screen is due to filtering rather than displaying a long list).

2. Fix the filtering, which probably just involves removing '%' at the start of the filter.

Maybe both should be tested, and whichever gives the fastest and most responsive list to the user be implemented.

If we go with option 2, and remove the '%', then we should check that the 'keyword' search adds the '%' back so we don't return only programs whose description starts with the searched item. This was recently fixed for title search.

Also, if we go for option 2, then the "#' filter should get anything NOT starting with A-Z to catch all special characters.

h4. Additional Information
http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-releases-315/epg-search-description-broken-68633/