4) Add more rows of channels to the list by moving the bottom bar that contains the red, green, and yellow circles down, removing the pointless bar that is currently there. Then move the bar that lists the date and times up closer to the preview window. Slightly decreasing the font size could also help here.
No need to sacrifice readability to squeeze more channels in. The more stuff they squeeze into the page, the larger the TV needed to keep it comfortable to read. Now imagine all those poor SDTV folks who can barely read it as is.
1) I'd like to see more animations.
No. Animations are dumb. They do nothing but eat up system resources.
2) There should be some visual que (an animating loading symbol or something) after you press a button and it lags while processing the request. Currently, nothing is displayed on the screen that lets the user know that it's working, so the user thinks they didn't press the button or it's not working.
I can't figure out what lag you're referring to. If you're talking about the partial second that it takes to load the guide/list, that's a bit ridiculous. And there actually already is a visual cue: the power light blinks when it receives a command from the remote.
4) It may be wise to add more than 1.5 hours of program titles into the views.
They've already said they aren't going past 1.5 hours. Having used Dish's 3 hour guide, it's cluttered and hard to read. When I had Dish I kept it on the 4x1.5hr setting.
1) DirecTV's next generation of receivers need to have built-in WiFi.
No they don't. They have DECA to talk to each other and the internet, and that's all they need. If you need wifi to connect to the internet, then you buy the wifi bridge. Only a small percentage would use it (not to mention it would only be necessary for one unit per system to have it enabled), and to most it would be a useless feature that adds unnecessary hardware expense to the unit.
2) The next UI enhancement could see transparency effects and beautiful animations.
Again, animations are a dumb waste of limited resources. Not needed, not wanted.
3) Something must be done to make fast forwarding, rewinding, and skipping easier to use and more efficient.
Again, not sure what you mean here. If you're implying that they 'tag' commercials for easy skipping, it will never happen. ReplayTV got sued over that years ago. If you don't like the 'Slip" forward, you can change it to skip 30 seconds each press.
4) Bring some new cool features that will really enhance the whole DirecTV experience. I'd like to see more interaction with mobile devices - controlling the receiver with an iPhone app, watch shows on the iPhone and iPad, stream content among devices, etc.
It has been revealed that this is already being toyed with.
