TW cable box interface
I noticed the TW HD cable box has an inconsistency in its GUI. It's a subtle one. If you hit the button to review and list recently recorded shows, it blocks out the background, takes over the screen, and creates a PIP window on the top right corner with the current live programming. It's a 4:3 graphical interface, the 16:9 sides are blocked by gray bands even if you were watching 16:9 programming. That's all fine. However, if you are viewing a recorded show, bring up the list of other recorded shows, then delete the very show you are viewing, the box automatically switches the PIP and the background to the curreny live programming. Fine as well. But, if the channel you happen to be reverted to is 16:9, the sides of the interface will show the programming through the interface instead of being 2 gray bars, thus being inconsistent.
I can see how this happened. They probably only tested it with 4:3 stuff, and never detected it. Doesn't create any problem or cause any issues at all to the end user.
09/04/02006 6:09 PM
