Richard van Paasen wrote: > Another idea for the textual version of the tv guide is to restrict > the information on one page to either one channel or one > time-box. Browsing through the tv guide "pages" (either channels or > time boxes) then can be done with the left/right keys on the > remote. Walking through rows on a page with up/down. > > E.g. (channel mode): > > Channel 1 > 08.00 program 1.... > 08.10 program 2.... > 09.00 program 3.... > 10.30 program 4.... > 18.00 program 5.... > ... > > E.g. (time-box mode): > > Programs running at 08.05: > Channel 1 Program w > Channel 2 Program x > Channel 3 Program y > Channel 4 Program z > ... > > The tv-guide should be able to toggle between "time-box" and > "channels" mode. This way more space (i.e. the total width of the > screen) is available for a tv guide entry. Time-box mode could step by > 5 minutes or so when pressing the left/right (pageing) key. > > Hope this description is clear enough, mail me otherwise!
I just had a similar idea. Why not two types of tv guides. We use the tv guide for two reasons: watching tv now and recording. Both have different needs: Watching now: I want to know what's up at this time on all channels. This is the time boxed mode from above. It is similar to the current guide but you can't select a program, you select a channel. If you select a program in 3 minutes, you still get the channel and the program starts in 3 minutes. So selecting channels is the logic here. Record: I know the channel, so a simple listing area is want we want here. Everyone who tried to record a program the day after tomorrow knows that the current guide can't handle this well. Now we only need a way to switch between the two ways. Comments requested before I do this. Dischi -- Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Freevo-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel
