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Post 11 made on Sunday April 16, 2006 at 02:32
Sean Flanagan
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Would this be a good place to suggest a couple of changes to future remotes? I use my MX-3000 heavily, and find two design issues the most problematic. The remote is a gem and I love mine, I just feel a couple of things would make it significantly better:

Use a suitable screen. The screen in the remote appears to be a standard PDA screen rotated 90º anti-clockwise. This causes the screen to negative out badly when looking at it from the left at all, which anyone holding the remote in their right hand does. The effect is even worse as the remote is heavy, which tends to make you tilt it up in your hand. Even when looking at the remote straight on the difference between each eye can be alarming, but rotate the remote 90º clockwise and you see the screen looks fabulous, you can tilt it side to side all you like with perfect clarity. This issue also limits what artwork you can use on the remote, just for reasons of contrast and clarity. They should develop a remote that uses the screen in the correct orientation, or locate a screen with a landscape polarization.

Upgrade the software so we have the option to press a hard button without "waking up" the remote. Like many I mute the TV during the ads, but with this remote I have to press the MUTE button, wait a couple of seconds for the screen to come on, then press the mute again to actually get mute. The same happens at the end of the ad break. There's nothing worse than not just being able to unmute it when you see your show back on and you're now missing the dialog. Instead you have to struggle with the remote, even my wife finds the remote frustrating because of this. I would love it if the remote would just MUTE when you clicked MUTE, I don't want to wake up the screen.
All the Best,
Sean Flanagan


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