Is DirecTV going to update their UI ?

[JohnL]

With the introduction of Dish Network's Carbon UI, is there any hope and or pressure for them to update their UI.

What would you like to see?

My Two biggest beefs;

1) Not having more screen area and options to the guide, Namely more lines for Guide information and a 3 hour option.
2) No easy way to manage upcoming recordings via the STB and the DirecTV tablet/phone apps, and needing to dive through multiple menus to get to commonly used STB options.

Now with both of those requests, I generally see the UI and Menu setup on DirecTV's STBs' old and outdated in both design and Visual look.

I'm impressed by Dish's new Carbon UI, although I don't seem to like the new remote, but then again I haven't had Dish for my personal home for several years so I haven't used one. I still have Dish for my Business and I have the older 722 receivers. I'm not a big fan of the blue color scheme, but I do love the layout of the guide especially the way the 3 hour guide option displays on my screen.

With AT&T's Press Release and foray into new Streaming services, and other rumors about a possible hybrid box, is it possible AT&T wants to stamp their own brand on the dated DirecTV STB's UI to coincide these new services.

John

 

[mdram]

i actually like it the way it is

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Still looks like an 80s version of Colecovision to me.

 

[dishrich]

1) Not having more screen area and options to the guide, Namely more lines for Guide information and a 3 hour option.

I'm impressed by Dish's new Carbon UI

You DO realize the Carbon UI is actually 2.5 hours...
But still better than only 1.5 hours

 

[Drucifer]

There's been a rumor of HTML5 UI that is so old, it has grown gray whiskers!

 

[directv newb]

I absolutely love the Directv UI just the way it is.

 

[Riverpilot]

I'd like to see a new UI to see more programming information, but I'd like to see new hardware even more.

 

[dfergie]

I like it the way it is, not cluttered up, just the facts till you hit info.

 

[Drucifer]

Well, it would nice if their HD was real HD instead of the SD UI converted HD.

 

[lparsons21]

I like it the way it is, not cluttered up, just the facts till you hit info.

Yeah. 'Cause all those ads in the guide are just so good...


Sent from my iPad Pro using Tapatalk

 

[ejb1980]

Improvements I would like to see:

More info on the screen. 3 hours would be nice...
Logos in the guide. I think the guides with logos instead of incoherent lines of text is SO MUCH easier to read. Directv already does this on their cell app - and I love it.
I wish the list button had easier access to all DVR functions. It would be nice if we could edit timers, check the to-do list (people always talk about this thing, but I have never looked at it), manage your timers, etc
Less menus - I don't like clicking through 500 things to do everything. The remote should have CC SAP and other basic functions. This isn't an ipod - it's a TV receiver. If we must keep this menu-happy system, when the info banner is active, the default (info) should be in the middle and CC to the right and Audio/Video be to the left, etc.

Other than that, it's better than the crappy Comcast (not X1) interface. I STILL see people with the blue guide every now and then (a bar near where I used to live included) and the black guide is SO much better than the old blue one. Any bar using the blue guide won't get my business twice. The Directv guide isn't bad, the things I listed are some things that would make it be even better.

 

[Claude Greiner]

I like the user interface the way it is now

 

[Jimbo]

Improvements I would like to see:

More info on the screen. 3 hours would be nice...
Logos in the guide. I think the guides with logos instead of incoherent lines of text is SO MUCH easier to read. Directv already does this on their cell app - and I love it.
I wish the list button had easier access to all DVR functions. It would be nice if we could edit timers, check the to-do list (people always talk about this thing, but I have never looked at it), manage your timers, etc
Less menus - I don't like clicking through 500 things to do everything. The remote should have CC SAP and other basic functions. This isn't an ipod - it's a TV receiver. If we must keep this menu-happy system, when the info banner is active, the default (info) should be in the middle and CC to the right and Audio/Video be to the left, etc.

Other than that, it's better than the crappy Comcast (not X1) interface. I STILL see people with the blue guide every now and then (a bar near where I used to live included) and the black guide is SO much better than the old blue one. Any bar using the blue guide won't get my business twice. The Directv guide isn't bad, the things I listed are some things that would make it be even better.

Sounds like your asking for more options in the list .... that would require more clicks to get to different spots ..... but further down you ask for less menus ....

 

[ejb1980]

Sounds like your asking for more options in the list .... that would require more clicks to get to different spots ..... but further down you ask for less menus ....

Haha yeah...

I basically want the list button to be a DVR button so it's all together. It should bring up the list now and the colored buttons can be for things within the DVR functionality.

 

[Jimbo]

Haha yeah...

I basically want the list button to be a DVR button so it's all together. It should bring up the list now and the colored buttons can be for things within the DVR functionality.

Only problem with that idea is D* did away with them on the new remote other than the red one.

 

[Marcingak]

1. Show 3 hours of guide info
2. Show channel logos instead of text
3. Get rid of ads in the guide
4. Let us customize the guide/menu colors

 

[mdram]

i have no issue with anything you guys want as long as

1.Test stays the same size it is
2. channel names stay, or there is an option ot have them and not logos
3. it stays as simple as it is (dont fluff it up and add unneeded clutter)

simple is better

 

[jcrandall]

1. Show 3 hours of guide info
2. Show channel logos instead of text
3. Get rid of ads in the guide
4. Let us customize the guide/menu colors

That's my thoughts, but I'd even be happy just with a 3 hour option using a smaller/tighter font.

 

[CSM]

I think DTV should use this one:

 

[Drucifer]

i have no issue with anything you guys want as long as

1.Text stays the same size it is
2. channel names stay, or there is an option ot have them and not logos
3. it stays as simple as it is (dont fluff it up and add unneeded clutter)

simple is better

The GUI text is not currently HD. Run the HD TVapps to see HD text.