This could be the most ridiculous GUI page posted here in a long time. A swath across the center of an otherwise unused background? That is good design? I guess that is what happens when you are limited to portrait mode only. Still think it doesn't make a difference Alan? Time to wake up from your twilight slumber Alan and face reality. This looks freakin stoopid and ridiculous.
As far as I'm concerned the rest of your argument is not worth reading based on the fact that you are publically defending this as an example of a great GUI.
Here is our IPad GUI in the wild currently under beta testing on real world systems. I am thick skinned enough for people to tell me it sucks but somehow I doubt that will be the case when compared to the ridiculousness of the screenshot above. Our BD player page is at 26 seconds on the video.