The new EPG is fantastic. Infinitely better than that which came before.
- Being able to press the play button to instantly bring up the planner is worth the upgrade by itself!
- Series stacking is genius. I have about 25 episodes of one series taking up but 1 entry in the planner
- Full 7 days EPG cached on the hard drive with no waiting for listings to download! This also means that series links actually work more than 1 day in advance.
- Hearing the sound from the current program whilst browsing the planner (I have the mini-tv turned off)
There are, of course, a few annoyances though.
- The new blue button functionality is a mess. They have tried to integrate a 'last viewed channel' function with the existing 'favourite channels' function, and it is the most frustrating thing to actually use. It makes no sense. Use the green or yellow button for 'previous channel', OK?
- Being able to view full program info whilst browsing on the now/next banner is great, but it times out way too quickly, before I can actually read it.
- The new multi-level menu system isn't really very clear. I'm not entirely sure what the distinction is between 'Options' and 'Settings'.
The good things are big, sweeping changes for the better. The bad things are niggles which i'm sure can be worked out. Good work so far, Sky - keep at it.
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