It is not hard to figure out how to make a workable EPG/Live and Recorded TV usage model. WMC makes it very easy, just plagirize it to the extent legally possible. As the previous poster said throw us a bone. I asked for a clock two years ago!.
The whole mess needs to be recrafted..
I challenge the designers/developers to spend a week using a Ceton in WMC with a remote and then spend a week using MC 18 and a Ceton with a remote... full use, recording, live TV, recording playback and tell me which is the useable interface. I applaud the work being done to make the Ceton work in MC 18 but the whole user interface is horrid. I just don't think they have been willing to invest the resources.
What they miss, is that if TV worked like it should in MC, it could become the mainstream HTPC app. I know this an audio house, but you can have it both ways. Either you are Medica Center company or you are an Audio Jukebox company.
Currently, anyone who needs a DVR with a 10 ft interface and has used WMC will throw rocks at the Theater View/Standard View back and forth... and really why is a clock so hard to implement. Anytime the guide is displayed it ought to be positioned at the last channel tuned and current time. Why is that a hard concept?