With Vudu and Amazon Instant soon set to join the likes of Netflix and YouTube, as TiVo begins redefining themselves as a “Streaming Player,” we have a few usability enhancements to suggest. Because, as it stands, getting into TiVo’s over-the-top apps requires quite a few clicks compared to a Roku. So my first suggestion is simply repurposing the TiVo button on the remote – a double click would bring power users straight to the existing (or better) app menu. Next, as to the menu itself, instead of a vertical listing of services featuring logos of varying widths, I’d like to see a grid of standardized app buttons for quicker access and recognition, along with improved provider parity. Lastly, TiVo’s mobile app should be updated for direct app “dialing” as available to Roku owners since 2010.
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Related, wish DIAL worked more reliably on TiVo... Netflix often gets confused when trying to begin playback in that manner.
I use double-tivo to get to My Shows while I wait for my damn TV to power on, it'd suck to have that go away.
Hopefully TiVo captures and crunches that sort of data. If many do use it that way, it would indeed be a disruption to flip. But my thought was many of us are now accessing over-the-top content with increased frequency - I know I watch more online content than DVR-red stuff these days. How about a programable button? Or three taps? Taking one of the colored OCAP button? :) Of course, the low hanging fruit here is probably simply updating the mobile app for direct linkage.