http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/ Engadget Comments for Echostar's new DVR UI kills the number pad, long live the touch pad http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/
The rest of the remote is unnaturally ugly, though. Wow.]]>Jan 8th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Mar 3rd 2009 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/
I need my numbers.]]>Jan 8th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/
Otherwise its just so they can say THEY have it...]]>Jan 8th 2009 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Hahaha... adding a touch pad to a remote control seems to be reinventing the wheel... So why not add a touchscreen instead?! Can you not see the irony there?]]>Jan 15th 2009 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/]]>Jan 8th 2009 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 11th 2009 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/
You have to think in terms of "use cases". Let's look at the most common use cases:

1. Watching a favorite channel. Most people have 10 or so of these (CNN/MSNBC/Fox for news junkies, ESPN/ESPN2/FSN for sports junkies, etc.). These are channels that we flip to regularly just to see what's on. Most people remember these channel numbers, but with the new Dish UI, you don't have to (you can just add them as favorites).

2. Watching a specific program. With a DVR, the number pad doesn't really help a lot here because you set timers for your 'regular' programs (e.g. House, American Idol, Heroes, etc.) and watch them from the program list. I think the new Dish UI will work well here, too.

3. Channel surfing. This is an exercise in futility with 300 channels, so "channel surfing" really means "looking at the guide". Again, the new Dish UI should work well here.]]>Jan 8th 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 11th 2009 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 5:00PM