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New FiOS menu colors?

Hello all,

I woke up this morning and noticed that my DVR was resetting. After it reset, I noticed that the colors in all of the FiOS menus had changed from a light blue/gray and bright colors to very dark/"musty" colors. It, quite frankly, looks awful.

Has anyone experienced the same? I loved the look of the new menu that rolled out last fall. This color change looks downright awful, and is much tougher to read.

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bobbo527

@cxg331 wrote:
Hello all,
I woke up this morning and noticed that my DVR was resetting. After it reset, I noticed that the colors in all of the FiOS menus had changed from a light blue/gray and bright colors to very dark/"musty" colors. It, quite frankly, looks awful.
Has anyone experienced the same? I loved the look of the new menu that rolled out last fall. This color change looks downright awful, and is much tougher to read.

Yes, they upgraded the IMG to 1.9.1 in VH07 and VH08 last night. The darker color is 100000% better than that light blue (which I and most people hated). I don't find it tough to read at all. Still I wish they allowed us to pick our own color scheme like Comcast did. But still I find this to be an improvement.

cxg331

Thanks for the reply. After I wrote this post, I did look up my software version and Googled it.

For me, it looks like I'm looking at the guide with a pair of thick sunglasses on. I never did get the distaste for the 1.9 guide. It's colors were perfect, especially if one's TV is properly calibrated. Now, I can understand the issue for those who like their TVs bright as all get out ala how TVs are most often displayed at big box retailers. However, a properly calibrated TV displayed the guide with perfect (for me) contrast between writting and background, images, etc. There was absolutely no issue with viewing or reading anything on the screen.

tiara320

I agree the new menu colors they just rolled out today are very hard on the eyes; hard to read.

The previous version was much more legible to read and easy on the eyes.

Anyway Verizon can you please adjust the darkness? I never had an issue reading the previous menu.

These colors are so dark and dreary and hard on the eyes.

Thank You.

EvanVanVan2

@Bobbo527: Sorry but I truly disagree, the new colors are AWFUL. What is this dark blue/black color they decided on? The light blue looked so much better on my TV. I wish they gave an option of a Light theme and a Dark theme at least.

@cxg331: "Properly calibrated TV" - I'm guessing you have a Plasma also? Yeah this change must have been made for the people who believe overly bright LED TVs look better then a realistic looking picture.

AlphaB

I actually love the new darker colors. Everything is so much clearer. The letters are brighter.

This upgrade was mentioned in the "Message Center." I check it once a week as the messages always tell you when upgrades and/or maintenance are going to occur.

MENU BUTTON>MESSAGE CENTER

EvanVanVan2

I don't know how you can think the letters are brighter...on a TV I've never have a problem displaying 'white' on, the letters look gray (on the guide)

cxg331

@EvanVanVan wrote:
@cxg331: "Properly calibrated TV" - I'm guessing you have a Plasma also? Yeah this change must have been made for the people who believe overly bright LED TVs look better then a realistic looking picture.

Samsung LCD.

If you compare the average TV (what the average user thinks looks good, and has adjusted their TV to) to industry standards (universal standards so that one show/movie doesn't have completely different coloring than another), the average TV is set FAR too bright. I can understand how, with the old menu, text and the background could blend together a bit for those folks who have never properly calibrated their TVs. That isn't Verizon's fault, however.

GALICWARRIOR

There has been alot of changes with FIOS that I dislike, since the beginning the communication between the remote and the guide was terrible, but it seems that over the last 3 years they haven't improved anything just made things much worse. Has anyone seen the new remotes that have two power buttons. You can't change the channel on your tv anymore making the remote virtually useless if you don't want to watch fios, eventually you will get sick of having to walk up to you tv and change the channel or maybe you will just have to have two remotes to control you tv. Regardless, when I heard they are cancelling the Funimation Channel it was over for me I'm going to another fiber optics provider. I suggest you do to, before they make everybody hate them.

GALICWARRIOR

It's not just about proper callibration, when fios makes changes they don't take everyone into consideration. They try to help the few and forget about the most. For example their new controllers have two buttons for power STB and TV. This takes away the controllers ability to change the TV channel since it always changes the STB. The old controllers were better, they basically said let's help out these people who have problems pushing STB or TV before turning on or off their appliance and forget about everyone one who wants to change the TV channel to LINE, AVI, or HDMI. They have to change it another way. These are not improvements, and if they want only people with properly calibrated tv's to watch fios, then they have to get rid of almost everybody.

frank2644

It's not so much the guide that's hard to read it's the INFO screens.. I think the light blue background is tyhe problem. Everybody I know who has Fios is complaining about it. Except maybe those with young eyes.

nothappy123

new menu is dreadfull it's all GREY! it's not blue - AWFUL UNREADABLE, APPARENTLY UNFIXABLE, THANKS FIOS. 2yr agreement for this?

Shot at 2012-06-13

This is my new update 1.9.1 as of June 13th 2012

FIX us THEME CHOICES FIOS!

timh3

The colors are much too dark and impossible to read. I really can't believe they do not let you choose between light and dark.

frank2644

Good news, recently release 1.9.1 was implemented on my boxes and the readability of the many different menu screens has been very much improved.

Thanks FIOS.

Diego10901

I think the guide looks a lot better with changes. Easier on the eyes.

nblacks

I don't know what you all see but it looks and works a lot better. What am I missing ?

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