Is there a visually better EPG available for the foxsat?
I ask because essentially I feel that the current freesat EPG needs a makeover.
Since freesat is at its heart an EPG, I hope the developers could take another look at it, make it more visually appealing - a choice of skins / colours would be a start - and declutter the screen to focus on delivering more info without resorting to button pushing.
General miffs about current EPG:
The white bar at the very top of the screen with the freesat icon seems totally wasted. Sure it bears the date and time but this is repeated again on the black bar - surely one clock and date is enough?
Also, the black area at the EPG top takes up about 1/5th of the screen and it seems largely wasted.
By decluttering the icons on the right of the black area (e.g where it says 'All Channels etc') I feel a fuller description of the program could be squeezed onscreen without having to press 'i'.
By omitting the white and black areas and with the EPG beginning directly at the screen's top I feel it may be possible to squeeze 2 or possibly 3 more channels onscreen.
Also the channel list at the left could be narrower if the channel number was omitted- again allowing for more useful detail such as program titles.
One of the reasons I say this is because I own a Topfield 5800 Freeview box and run an app caled mystuff.
Visually and functionally this EPG is superior to the humax freesat EPG - try some screenshots and judge for yourself:-
http://www.toppy.org.uk/~mystuff/cgi/Screenshots.cgi?shot=GridEPG&title=Grid%20EPG&t=1
http://www.toppy.org.uk/~mystuff/cgi/Screenshots.cgi?t=2
The mystuff EPG contains channel logos that visually pop instead of the bland greyed-out channel descriptions on the freesat.
Also I miss the mystuff EPG chain that allows the entire content of a single channel to be shown onscreen by a 2nd or 3rd press of the guide button on the remote.
Please don't think I'm one of those moaners that clog up many internet forums (not this forum, of course)
I love my humax but feel the EPG could be improved.
I wonder if anyone else has any thoughts?
Cheers.
Paul.
