As to the RC issue from actuial experience with Philips (yes I am part of the crime)
Indeed the truth is simple there are three factors in play: 1 costs are ruling decisions. The wheel is 10x more expensive than 2 buttons. And the majority of the consumers are not willing to pay more in the shop, no matter what they answer in surveys. (yes I am aware of all the research and we use it all the time in our arguments) 2 the issue is not an issue in Europe and quite a few countries elsewhere in the world where they can re-arrange channels into presets where typical users make their list of favorite 10 channels or so and they are all numbered 1 to 10. Hence brands focussed on a global market will put the channel hopping issue lower on the list of priorities. 3 time to market prioritization Unlike what is suggested the teams do talk in our organization ad we are aligned. Often time to market is an issue. As suggested above brands must bring out new products at regular intervals. Main problems and bug fixes are given priority. Picture quality and reception are the main differentiators on the shop floor so they get priority. And the changes to SW to get such a rotary behavior are not trivial. To re-assure you all it is not that 'we' did not think about it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36646 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
