On December 25, 2016 at 17:25, KeithDBrown said...
While true, I wouldn't sell it to a client personally, just like I wouldn't sell a SR-150 if I was a C4 dealer. I'm sure it works for some situations, but it feels like lateral move from the remote that comes free with a DTV receiver.
It's been my observation since the first Pronto controlled a TiVo that the TiVo remote (and later the DirecTV remote, and many cable remotes) could be learned to operate by touch. Our spiffy programmable remotes can't. A touchscreen can't be operated strictly by touch, which sounds like an oxymoron: you have to look at it to verify you touch it in the right place. The Pronto and later remotes required some kind of change to move from transport to menu control.
Does anybody make a remote that actually matches the avid TV watcher's experience with the DirecTV remote? That is --
*transport controls all in one area
*cursor pad on the same overall space, that is, you don't have to switch screens or anything to move from transport control to menu control
*color buttons -- many have them, but it's a must nowadays
*custom buttons like the 8 seconds back button
*numbers keypad
I didn't even include numbers in that list when I wrote it because it never occurred to me that a remote might exist that doesn't have them.
On December 26, 2016 at 13:04, roddymcg said...
A good way to kill bulb life...
One of the first experiences I had with a projection system was seeing the Pioneer Laserdisc's STOP burned in at the top left of the screen!
