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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm
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 IT'S [LIFTED]! I know what I'll do. I'll spend years researching a new interface for Sky+ and accomplish the following: Text too small Text too narrow Colours not contrasting enough - blue on gray FFS Colours used inappropriately so that certain menu sections are hard to read Fcuk ugly colour scheme - Blue, white, gray and orange? Incredible menu latency Feedback latency too high Seriously, why is it that I, an electronics engineer with specialisms in AV, Sound, Lighting, Programmable Electronics and Digital Image Processing, can't get a job? I'll design you an interface Murdoch - so you can sack the entire team of talentless, Audi-driving, touchscreen-phone-posing, idea-free globules of avian diaorrhoea that conjured up this gawdy monstrosity from the satanic depths of Windows 2000's abortion bucket. Who did you test this on? I'm guessing nobody with an IQ above that of a potted cactus. What screens did you test it on? Certainly not a 26" If you did indeed test it how much of the feedback was ignored? And why, oh why was this piece of [LIFTED] installed without my being asked? All in all I award you a grand FAILRight - any ideas who I complain to? I'm so pissed off I can't use Google properly  _________________Jim
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davrosG5
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:37 am
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Location: Peebo
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Don't hold back now. Tell us exactly how you feel about this.  There are quite a few TV related interfaces that are quite frankly a steam heap of poo. I'm massively underwhelmed by quite a few Freeview interfaces.
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
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Location: Bramsche
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The satellite menu system on my new Panasonic HDTV is very nice. 
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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 When did that change then? Was the same as usual when I was watching it last night.
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am
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Location: London
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I was thinking the same. It was the normal blue and white for me with that crappy annoying music which I always have to mute. I'm thinking my box is on it's way out now. I'm getting 'juddering' during recorded shows, it's like a tape that keeps skipping and over the weekend it did a full power down about 3 times. It was bad enough to fail the recordings I was doing. How rude  I should be able to pick a basic sky+ box up on ebay for about £40 unless anyone has any better ideas. Looks like Sky are offering them for £49 but only with multiroom which I don't need. _________________Still the official cheeky one
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saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm
Posts: 8603
Location: location, location
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It changed on HD boxes a few months ago.
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
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Ahh so us sky+ users have the old one yay! _________________Still the official cheeky one
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saspro
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Yeah, they realised that the normal one looked rubbish on HD
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TheHobgob
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:33 pm
Posts: 491
Location: UK, England.
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I like the new interface its 1000X better than the old one. I am alone in my view though.
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onemac
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:14 pm
Posts: 1598
Location: Right here...... Right now.......
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They gonna keep it away from the Sky+ boxes then??? Turn it off in your user settings - sssseasy..... Al
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
Posts: 12700
Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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He's got a point. My parents just upgraded from Sky to Sky+ HD. The new menu is pants compared to he old one.
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm
Posts: 4876
Location: Newcastle
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HTPC with Freesat HD FTW Any UI I want  Going to try MythTV on it when I have time _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am
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Location: Manchester.
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I upgraded a couple of weeks ago, and have noticed the new GUI, but haven't used it yet... it's the wife and kids who have been watching telly. I'll ask what they think of it. _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker  Sorry  I'll behave now. Promise
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm
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I should say at this point that some of what they've done is really good. The settings menus are much better and the mini TV window is excellent. However the window one sees when changing channels is catastrophically bad. _________________Jim
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Geiseric
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:35 pm
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Location: Ipswich
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I like the new interface on HD, the only time you get a problem is if you come out of watching a recording and sky has switched channels to record a program and it appears on the mini screen and you you’ve caught it just at the ending.... normally Eastenders and the GF goes mad trying to switch the channel over, off, on or anything that will get the mini screen off  The search option is a lot better
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