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benn600

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OSD changes?
« on: November 10, 2009, 01:07:08 pm »

Any chance the OSD will get a revision at some point?  

Just look at a television guide display (grid system) or the on screen visual position marker on TiVo.  A transparent popup menu that could take a lot more space and show users what the complete list of items is rather than a single item.
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Re: OSD changes?
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2009, 06:26:33 pm »

If nothing else, one thing I'd like to see soon is a way of customising what items are shown in the OSD by media type. It's too cluttered with stuff I never use. For example, while watching live TV, all I need/want to see when I activate the OSD is the "Programs" item. I don't need all the other stuff (like signal strength!). While watching DVD's, all I want is the stream selector and aspect ratio options.  It just causes way too much confusion when you accidently arrow up/down one too many times and have to find where you were amoung so many menu items.

There really needs to be a TiVo/WMC-like position marker as Ben says also (that stays on-screen and gets updated during video seeks too!). Why doesn't the OSD stay visible during video ff/rew (CTRL_left/right not jump) like it does for DVDs?

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Re: OSD changes?
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2009, 11:18:23 am »

It is way too much, yes.  Just look at this nice, big onscreen menu.  This tries to pretend like no menu is onscreen by being minimalistic, but the usability is awful.  I find myself scrolling endlessly through the list. Plus, it doesn't give the user a visual as to what other options there are for "Recording," for example.









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