I think TiVo realizes that marrying together streaming with traditional DVR functionality is the way forward for their platform (especially their retail products aimed at cord cutters). To that end, I would really love to see TiVo enforce a greater level of consistency in the user interfaces of the major video streaming apps they provide. I suppose the ultimate goal would be a uniform look and set of behaviors among the apps (like Apple TV has) that would match the regular TiVo HD UI. But even if that never happens, here's the LEAST they could do for any new apps to be added as well as for future updates to existing apps like Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video.
1. Make sure that the play, pause, FF, rewind, up, down, left, right and select buttons on the TiVo remote all function as expected. I think this is already the case among all current apps but I'm not 100% sure.
2. Make sure that the instant replay (back curled arrow) and skip forward buttons instantly takes you back/forward several seconds in the video stream. If not exactly 8 seconds back and 30 seconds forward, as is the case with traditional DVR functionality, then somewhere close. I know Netflix currently uses the instant replay button like this but in Amazon Prime, that button exits the app!
3. Make sure that multiple presses of the instant replay and skip forward buttons are "stackable," e.g. if one press takes you back 10 seconds, three consecutive presses take you back 30 seconds. This is not the case currently with Netflix. I'm not even sure what Netflix is trying to do when you hit the instant replay button more than once. (And while you're at it, can you keep at least the last few minutes of the video stream cached in RAM so that it's instantly accessible on instant reply/rewind so as to avoid having to buffer up a new stream?
4. Make sure that the back button takes you back to the last screen/menu viewed within the app (just like the back button works on a web browser). If currently viewing a video, the back button takes you back to the screen from which the video was launched. If on the home/start screen of the app, the back button would exit the app.
5. Make sure the clear button exits the app and takes you back into the TiVo menu system from whatever point you are in the app. (Perhaps there should be a "Do you wish to exit? Yes/No" confirmation screen if the clear button is pressed during video playback.)
6. Make sure the info button when pressed during video playback brings up a banner which, at the very least, tells the name of the movie or show/episode being watched, along with the playback/time elapsed bar.
7. Make sure the channel up and down buttons move the "cursor" up or down a screen-full of menu options at a time when in the menu screens of an app, just like those buttons function in the native TiVo menu system.
8. Make sure the thumbs up and thumbs down buttons allow for ratings of titles within apps where this is allowed, such as assigning one to five starts for a title in Netflix. Netflix doesn't currently allow this but Pandora does.
1. Make sure that the play, pause, FF, rewind, up, down, left, right and select buttons on the TiVo remote all function as expected. I think this is already the case among all current apps but I'm not 100% sure.
2. Make sure that the instant replay (back curled arrow) and skip forward buttons instantly takes you back/forward several seconds in the video stream. If not exactly 8 seconds back and 30 seconds forward, as is the case with traditional DVR functionality, then somewhere close. I know Netflix currently uses the instant replay button like this but in Amazon Prime, that button exits the app!
3. Make sure that multiple presses of the instant replay and skip forward buttons are "stackable," e.g. if one press takes you back 10 seconds, three consecutive presses take you back 30 seconds. This is not the case currently with Netflix. I'm not even sure what Netflix is trying to do when you hit the instant replay button more than once. (And while you're at it, can you keep at least the last few minutes of the video stream cached in RAM so that it's instantly accessible on instant reply/rewind so as to avoid having to buffer up a new stream?
4. Make sure that the back button takes you back to the last screen/menu viewed within the app (just like the back button works on a web browser). If currently viewing a video, the back button takes you back to the screen from which the video was launched. If on the home/start screen of the app, the back button would exit the app.
5. Make sure the clear button exits the app and takes you back into the TiVo menu system from whatever point you are in the app. (Perhaps there should be a "Do you wish to exit? Yes/No" confirmation screen if the clear button is pressed during video playback.)
6. Make sure the info button when pressed during video playback brings up a banner which, at the very least, tells the name of the movie or show/episode being watched, along with the playback/time elapsed bar.
7. Make sure the channel up and down buttons move the "cursor" up or down a screen-full of menu options at a time when in the menu screens of an app, just like those buttons function in the native TiVo menu system.
8. Make sure the thumbs up and thumbs down buttons allow for ratings of titles within apps where this is allowed, such as assigning one to five starts for a title in Netflix. Netflix doesn't currently allow this but Pandora does.
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