There's a simple explanation for the new software, Dish got the same people that make the software for Comcast's X1 DVR to "improve" the Hopper "experience".
I've had the X1 for three or four years now (at another home) and it's UI has never made any sense. The EPG is hard to read (not to mention really slow), basic info about the current program is hard to find, even the channel number is often a mystery. Same goes for the scheduled recordings screen. Admittedly, the DVR screen (or "saved" as Comcast calls it) still lists recordings with text but the VOD screen has really small text labels beneath the poster art (did I mention its really slow). And the DVR has a whopping 500GB of storage for the whole house. I almost forgot, the voice remote doesn't seem to understand English and just to "improve" an already memorable "experience" the new X1 remotes dropped the skip back button (they never had a skip forward button). But that's OK, because a new "feature" allows you to use your voice to skip forward or backwards by an amount of time of your choosing. You know, instead of just pushing a button that every DVR on earth has always had. So, if you've had enough of Dish, try the original joke DVR.
