New HD GUI

[tigerfan33]

You'll see plenty of pics here in the CE thread.

 

[CK SatGuy]

Looks like the competing site posted a first look. Guess this is going public now!

Just basically some pics that show how it works and some comments that say how fast it is. No big deal really.

 

[DishSubLA]

I'm somewhat surprised: D is usually so premium, but the lack of channel logos (as a previous poster also pointed out) is rather disappointing. Perhaps that is something D will add in later boxes.

 

[charper1]

What overwhelming purpose do they serve to enhance the program?

 

[HIFI]

What overwhelming purpose do they serve to enhance the program?

Exactly!!! My opinion is that it is a feature that would take up more hard drive space and then we would have people complaining that the equipment lags. Get over it people!!!

 

[Jimbo]

Looks like the competing site posted a first look. Guess this is going public now!

A First Look for the HD GUI ?

This has been out for a week or two now.

The current CE was a Customer Candidate, so it should be soon.

Others have said Wednesday.

 

[coinmaster32]

How would that take up any hard drive space? The guide is in the RAM of the receiver, just like the old days.

It would not lag either.

 

[Jimbo]

How would that take up any hard drive space? The guide is in the RAM of the receiver, just like the old days.

It would not lag either.

I don't think he meant Hard Drive space, but RAM instead.

 

[HIFI]

I don't think he meant Hard Drive space, but RAM instead.

:up

 

[coinmaster32]

I don't think the logos would take up much ram. Maybe 10 Mb.

 

[Jimbo]

I don't think the logos would take up much ram. Maybe 10 Mb.

I think they just haven't gotten to it yet, as I've mentioned, with all the software updates, they could continue to improve on the fly.

 

[TheTechGuru]

I don't think the logos would take up much ram. Maybe 10 Mb.

The logo's are actually already in the receiver, just look at the info banner.

 

[charper1]

and thats where I love them; not in each line of the EPG

 

[Jimbo]

I agree, if you put them in the GUIDE it MAY make the guide look jumbled up with garbage.

 

[charper1]

EXACTLY!!!

I agree, if you put them in the GUIDE it MAY make the guide look jumbled up with garbage.

 

[TheTechGuru]

I think it should be a user selectable option just like back in the Hughes days. With them you could pick thick guide lines that showed logos or thin guide lines that didn't and showed more channels at a time.

 

[Jimbo]

I think it should be a user selectable option just like back in the Hughes days. With them you could pick thick guide lines that showed logos or thin guide lines that didn't and showed more channels at a time.

That would be a nice option, (something that could be added with any software release), however, it's not available to us yet, so we use what we have available to us.

They could make a lot of this stuff changeable, but remember, most people that have issues CALL in to D*, not come to a site to find answers, that means the 1st level CSR would have that much more to deal with ... aka read off the script.
That would cause more issues.
Possibly why the D* branded recvrs came about in the first place !

The Mini Guide that we have today came from the Hughes recvrs.

 

[ejb1980]

I feel that logos un-clutter the guide. If the logo is there, it makes the whole thing easier to read due to the different colors. That is the only complaint I would have about the new guide; otherwise I am excited to see it.

 

[dahauss]

Any way to force this update ?

 

[andrewj0781]

Any way to force this update ?

Yes but you have to do it when there is a CE update. (go into the CE forum and click on the Ce Release Notification w/email) you'll see directions to subscribe to the alert list. Then you'll be informed when the new updates are released. They're usually Friday and Saturday nights.

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