Thread: Wife **Hates** the new Black HD GUI - any way to get the old one back?

Originally Posted by DodgerKing

Yeah it does. I have composite going to my SD CRT and the new guide displays fine on it. It also works with S-Video as well.

On my other DVR I have HDMI going to my TV and Component going to my SlingBox and both work there as well.

Are you outputting a signal in composite and HDMI from the same unit? I have read that if you don't set the receiver to 480p you will just get a message on your SD screen telling you to do so. My concern is having a DVD recorder hooked up to the receiver to record in SD and not being able to view the "List" to choose what to record without changing the setting on the receiver. If this is not true then I will be very happy.

To add, I read on another site that you can just hold down the "Exit" button to toggle back and forth between HD and SD that might work out OK as well.

Originally Posted by decodave

It SUCKS. Much harder to read, more like imposible. Looks like they're trying to look like everyone else.

You certainly are entitled to your opinion, but I doubt many would agree with you. I find it MUCH easier to read. Why having it clearer makes it harder for you to read is a mystery to me.

Originally Posted by raoul5788

You certainly are entitled to your opinion, but I doubt many would agree with you. I find it MUCH easier to read. Why having it clearer makes it harder for you to read is a mystery to me.

agreed. those bright whites and blues were harsh on the eyes for me.

Originally Posted by charper1

Exactly; its just a guide. Not what 99.999% of users worry over. Even if they had 20 choices, a percentage would not like it. Use TitanTV or Zap2It as your EPG!!! ARGH! Just watch the quality programming.

As you can't use the receiver to access these services nor can you use the services to change channels or schedule recordings, your recommendation is a slap in the face.

The only issue I have with it is for the non-DVR autotune function that pops up and sits there for approx. 3 minutes. The old pop-up was translucent but the new black one blocks out that portion of the picture. Could miss out seeing something extremely critical. Ha Ha.

Well count me in as another person that would just as soon have the old one back - & who IS the idiot that designed this "improved" GUI, that thought instead of having a simple, thin time bar at the bottom of the screen, to change it to a BIG BLACK BLOB with the same time bar, to block the ENTIRE bottom 1/3 of the screen instead???

Sounds to me that you might have your TV set in TORCH mode. In other words, the settings the TV had out of the Box from the store. In 99 percent of TV purchases the Brightness, Contrast and Color saturation is set WAY to high out of the box, this is done to attract more attention in the store.

If the on screen white and blues on your Display are harsh to your eyes its a dead give away.

John

Originally Posted by decodave

It SUCKS. Much harder to read, more like imposible. Looks like they're trying to look like everyone else.

Who else's guide looks like that?

I'm sorry but this is not hard to read at all.


http://hdsource.txnj.net/directvhdgui/

There has to be something wrong with the OP's settings.