Re: Re: Christmas gadgets

[Nick Shore <nick.shore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Gordon wrote:
> I've said this before, and having lived with both TiVo & SKY+ for
> several years each, I'll say it again...
>
> Whilst the overall "experience" of the TiVo is vastly better
in terms of
> its *Functionality*, the TiVo UI _does_ have faults that the SKY one
> doesn't... - specifically, the TiVo's use of translucent overlays on
top
> of the video image makes it very difficult to read from a distance. I
> constantly had problems reading the TiVo menus (translucent
background,
> white text) and many times I had to wait for the programme that was
> showing to get to a dark scene so that the text became readable... -
> nothing to do with its size, or my distance from the screen, just that
> white text against a white background isn't particularly easy to
see...
> I've never had this problem with the Sky UI, with its (IMHO) vastly
more
> logical choice of highly contrasting colours (yellow on blue), on a
> SOLID background for all its menus...

This can easily be solved with a couple of replacement image files !!!

Of course hacking may not be your cup of tea....