OK, so we are late to the Roamio party...but the interface is far too busy and even illogical! What follows are suggestions for improvement--from big issues to small nit-picks.
1. First, and foremost, we should be able to turn off the Discovery Bar *entirely*. Even when we uncheck all choices, the bar is still there and, even if we leave just our shows, we still get miscellaneous stuff. Now, we're seeing adverts for Fall TV and photo icons of shows on TV now. Didn't ask for that; don't want it. Plus, when we go to My Shows, we want to see a list of what we recorded, not a "discovery bar" of changing photos. That's cluttered and visually distracting.
2. The move to MTV, USA Today style presentations is dismaying- and rampant--many news apps dumbed themselves down in a similar distracting orgy of visual glitz. Give us a "Classic interface" option! Please!
3. The My Shows display is the pits! Bring back the simplicity and ease of the past-- it should be confined to a list of the folders of shows we have RECORDED (and TiVo suggestions) as it was way back in the Series 2 days. Instead, we're getting a long list of all sorts of channels--they are NOT our recorded shows!
It would make more sense to have them be on the TiVo Central screen, under a folder called "My Streaming Services". That would separate them nicely from the TiVo recorded shows.
4. We were able to hide the streaming services we don't use, but figuring out how to do that required calling in the CSI squad! Suggestion: It should be included under Options there, not just under the Channel List, Video.
At least we're glad you all provided a way of hiding the left column there.
5. Now, there is an option there, B, for sorting by name. Will that sort the streams, too? No way of knowing. Need a help system built in.
6. Give us an option for turning off the time. We don't want to be reminded what time it is in the middle of the night.
7. The Back button is a nice addition, but sometimes does not work--I.e., when an item in a list is selected, one must use the left arrow to back up; back should also work there.
8. Ensure that the remote can handle TV Input. Need to be able to select or Enter to select choice. Or, even better, add a learning features.
9. Then, of course, you should also exercise a tad more control over your 3rd party apps-- Amazon Prime has HUGE photos for each show, but tiny, unreadable text descriptions. Netflix has rotating photos for shows we already know--it's distracting, too. And their episode descriptions are also too tiny to be readable. Then, Netflix buries the My List 3 rows down! We have to scroll past Top Picks, Trending Now, and Recently Added. All the while, we're getting barraged with the rotating photos at the top and seeing long bars of photos of things we'd rather not see.
You should insist on parity with the native Roku apps-- with text the same size--even better, with text resizing options!
If you want the TiVo to be the box, then the text should be readable!
10. Include a manual with the TiVo! For example, what does CreateOnePass mean vis-a-vis Netflix? Will it really record the show? Why would anyone need to do that?
Having a manual in hand is useful, easier to flip through, and put post it notes in, etc. than having to dig up the computer and browse through or print out a PDF.
Oh, and lose the gargantuan fold out, get started, glossy sheet of directions. It's unwieldy and even juvenile. A smaller one would suffice and be more manageable. Brought back memories of trying to u fold and fold maps.
Oh, well. I suppose one just gives in and accepts the odd design, but we've even given thought going back to our Series 2 and SD TVs!
