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NEW: Improved OSD
jmone:
--- Quote from: Matt on August 23, 2012, 09:56:26 pm ---I tested with my 5 year old and it didn't go well.
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My goal is to get something that my 5 year old can use without too much trouble or instruction, without switching to something that hides the movie, dominates the screen, or requires extra keys to use.
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Thanks for Testing!
Ease of Use: Similar goal! for me it is to have my two teenagers and wife be able to select common stuff like Subs, Langs etc with the RC in Theaterview in a consistant form regardless of the source. At present if it needs to be done they pull out the Keyboard (hows that for a UI fail!).
Hide The Movie / Dominates the Screen: Actually sometimes we do want this. Take the Subs example, I want the movie paused till I make my selection else you miss bits of the movie esp with the current design where you have to select each one in order.
Extra Keys: The DVD Menu uses all the same Remote Control Buttons / Keys .....so I'm not sure what the extra keys are.
Again - I'm not arguing for removing the MC OSD, but FOR the additional of a DVD Style Menu linked to the "Menu" button for Non-DVD material (and keep how it works for DVD's now)
glynor:
--- Quote from: Matt on August 23, 2012, 09:56:26 pm ---My goal is to get something that my 5 year old can use without too much trouble or instruction, without switching to something that hides the movie, dominates the screen, or requires extra keys to use.
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Perfect.
Matt:
As another data point, I had my wife test. She had never changed subtitles, but did it no problem with no instruction.
jmone:
--- Quote from: Matt on August 23, 2012, 11:01:14 pm ---As another data point, I had my wife test. She had never changed subtitles, but did it no problem with no instruction.
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What did she think with the comparison to doing the same on a DVD via the DVD Menu?
rpalmer68:
--- Quote from: imugli on August 23, 2012, 10:20:58 pm ---Matt, while I appreciate your steadfastness and loyalty to this attitude, I'd like to add that at some point this simply becomes being "different" and not necessarily "better" or "easier"...
Sometimes an extra button IS more intuitive because it replicates other devices, making it easier for your 5 year old to grasp it without instruction.
Sometimes an overlay that takes up 1/4 or 1/3 of the screen IS OK if it provides the info / actions people are after with one click.
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I agree,
I'd much rather see a list of all my choices over the top of a movie than have to scroll through each one and try to rememebr what they all are. While I'm wasting time scrolling through all the options I'm not watching the movie anyway so probbaly miss more than if I was presented with a full menu of options. This is especially the case for subtitles and audio streams.
Richard
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