VTV Gen1 R5.1 Firmware Upgrade

Thanks. I updated the list:

✔️ Previous channel button

Old: Back button takes me to the channel selection list.
New: ✔️ Back button takes me to the previous channel.
Plus: ✔️ If enter channel number and it does not exist then you are taken to the channel with the closest number.

✔️ Obstructed images/video

Old: Pause, fast forward and fast rewind obstruct visuals in the centre of the screen with a large counter, the symbol for the current operation and a dimmed background. This effect lasts for a couple of seconds.
New: ✔️ Obstruction is reduced and when pausing can be removed by pressing Back.

✔️ No button for the main Channel Guide

Old: Have to use more than one button to get to the main channel guide.
New: ✔️❌ Up or down button displays current playing channel guide but not the complete channel guide which shows four hours.

✔️ Page up/down forward/back in main Channel Guide

Old: Originally only left, right, up and down buttons worked.
New: ✔️ Can page up and down in the channel guide by using the +/- channel buttons and page forward/back (4 hours) using skip forward/back buttons (which are +/- 20 secs while watching). Also forward/back a day using the fast forward and rewind buttons.

❌ No view during fast forward and fast rewind

Old: Can't view video while fast forwarding i.e. you have to make a blind leap forward and hope you skip the right amount of time so it only works well for ad breaks because they have consistent lengths.
New: ❌ Announced but not yet available.
Plus: ✔️ Smoother and faster fast forward/rewind.

❌ Channel Guides only have five channels visible at a time

Old: Only five channels visible at a time. The old T-Box and the online webpage get at least 12 channels in the same screen resolution.
New: ❌ No change

❌ Freeview/FTA recording

Old: Limited recording on Freeview/FTA channels. Mainly those channels with their own apps.
New: ❌ No change.

sansom:

Regarding limited recordings ... this depends on what rights are available for Cloud Recording, nothing to do with the firmware or platform. We continue to work with the channels to obtain more cloud recording rights to lift coverage beyond 90%. As you point out, those channels with lower recording rights do have their key programmes available through their On Demand app. We have an update to the TVNZ app coming soon also.

I realise that this is not dependent upon the firmware or platform but it continues to be major issue and it was step backward from the T-Box.

Where we can't record, we generally don't watch so our viewing of FTA channels is now minimal. Mostly we're only wanting recording to increase convenience from the 3 day rewind to 14 days. We don't record anything to keep.

sansom

Hammerer