I knew they existed, but they still suck as options, they are very limited, and as you said, not at all intuitive. The way I see it, this thing should be broken up into two "sides" as options. One side (Simple Interface) would be for people like my parents who want to watch TV, record the occasional show, set up a simple series recording, etc. The second side (Advanced Interface) I would like to see some of the things we have talked about already, plus the ability for us as watchers to "tag" TV shows as "like" or "dislike" and wouldn't it be cool if shows had metadata that would allow the system to suggest TV shows and movies that you'd like based on what you have put in? (Like Tivo, but accurate, more like Netflix). Hell, I bet if I spent a good 4-6 hours whiteboarding this out, I could come up with something kickass, and I am not at all trained in this sort of thing.
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:58 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > I didn't realize that those options were embedded in the menu system. > That speaks volumes to the lack of a well designed UI that I've had > this box for over 9 months, looked for these options and could not. > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Bill Wheatley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> As a customer of timewarner now and comcast because their DVR does allow you >> to >> 1) Record new shows only, record new shows and repeats, and record >> duplicates >> 2) Record on one station or record on any station >> >> Both these options are under the advanced series recording options and the >> default is to record new and repeats. >> And the default is to record on the channel you are currently selected on. >> >> Explore a little i prefer sagetv over tivo and cable dvr boxes but no >> biggie. Sagetv was sweet i could say record anything with william shatner >> that was always fun. >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:07 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> > I have become more and more impatient and angry with Comcast's lack of >>> > quality when it comes to their UI on their DVRs. Seriously, who >>> > designed this piece of shit? >>> >>> If it's anything like Time Warner's box, a room full of monkeys, half >>> on uppers and the other half on downers. >>> >>> > competition...USABILITY! I have used DirecTV's DVR before, and it is >>> > light years from the crap that Comcast stuck on us. >>> > >>> > Is this too much to ask? >>> >>> Yup, and I'm in complete agreement! The fact that the system cannot >>> be programed to record "only new" shows (like DTV's), it's >>> inflexibility to record a show on "any channel at any time" are >>> frustrating. Their concept of a "navigation system" would get a >>> person walking across the street! >>> >>> That said, there are features that Time Warner offers that I really >>> like. The abundance of "On Demand" programming, the ability to "Start >>> Over" on some shows, the glut of HD channels and caller ID on the >>> screen make up for the UI's problems to a small degree. The cost >>> difference makes up for the res >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:289890 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
