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More => Old Versions => Media Center 14 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: benn600 on November 10, 2009, 01:07:08 pm
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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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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?
Cheers.
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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.
(http://news.cnet.com/i/bto/20070521/denon_4308_gui_540x404.jpg)
(http://www.televisions.com/Images/Reviews/Televisions/2008/Panasonic/U03_Panasonic/Menue_Fotos/english/IMG_9232.jpg)
(http://members.shaw.ca/blackbullet/denongui.jpg)
(http://www.televisions.com/Images/Reviews/Televisions/2009/R1032/550/Samsung_UE40B7090_main_menu_setup_test_review.jpg)
(http://www.televisions.com/Images/Reviews/Televisions/2008/Samsung/U02_Samsung_LE46A656A/U02-menupics-english/IMG_9086.jpg)