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SRRAE
On our wavelength
2 years ago

Does anyone like V360 Interface?

Why is the 360 interface so bad?

There are many quality of life features of the old interface which has just been dropped on the new interface.

Fast forwarding through your recorded shows, there is always a delay of a second or two from pressing play to the device playing the show.  The old interface would take that delay into account by taking the video back another 20 seconds or so. This resulted in the video playing a couple of seconds before or right on where you wanted it to play. Great!

360 interface? No compensation for delays, especially for the devices increased lag.  Fast forward and press play and the device has a think for 2 seconds while still fast forwarding and then plays it from there, resulting in the video playing several mins past where you wanted.  You'll then spend the next 5 mins, fast-forwarding and rewinding,  yo-yo-ing too far forward and too far back trying to get it to play at the right place.

Dont even get me started on the rewinding live TV.  Old Tivo you can rewind and when you are finished, press the stop button and it went back to live.  Now, I have to fast-forward through reach live.

This also affects on demand apps like the iPlayer or 4OD.  When I want to STOP the show playing and go back to the menu, there is no stop button. There's a pause button, but pause doesn't stop it.  Pressing the TV button asks if I want to go watch Live TV.

And Recorded shows.
Why is it like that? Why is the option at the very end of menu when it used to have its own dedicated button? I have to press the home button, then scroll right, through each lagy menu option (as it loads the bloatware for each option) to get to the my recordings option.
Why is the list of shows why is it displayed like that?  The front page shows 4 recorded shows and the next 4 planned shows.  Why does a list of things planned to be recorded have the same importance as things that have actually been recorded?  And why is so much effort to just get a list of shows in alphabetical order like we used to have?

The 360 interface is definition of form over function. Since upgrading it we have actively avoided using it.  The TV service could go down and I wouldn't notice. 

I wish I hadn't downgraded to the 360, I just wondered if anyone else has the same feeling.