So, this morning, the new menu went live, and the color scheme is terrible. Some of the new features are nice, like getting more information on the cast of a movie would be nice (if it wasn't freezing up). But why does Verizon feel the need to completely change everything? Can't you add features, and just leave everything else the same?
Dark gray with dark red, blue and what I can best describe as sea green. Ugly ugly ugly.
I like the new guide features.
I agree!! I HATE this new format. You can't tell if a show is already scheduled for recording on the TV listings AND you can't tell if the episode is new or a re-run. Scanning from day to day to hour to hour on the TV listings is a pain as well. Also, if you accidentally click on a show to delete you can't "unclick" the radio button for the mistake. What gives???? Get rid of this new format and bring back the previous format!!! I sure hope Verizon reads these posts.
I agree. The new guide is hard to read, color schemes are terrible. The only one who, apparently, benefits is Verizon. I am going to give Comcast another try.
I concur. The colors are terrible, they make it way to hard to read and actually are hard on the eyes. Don't try and copy Windows 8 and go for a new difficult look whan all was just fine
Verizon is opening a new chain of vision clinics - FIOS customers can get 10% off a new eyeglass RX.
Not sure who thought this new color palette was a good idea? Obnoxious, would be the kindest adjective that comes to mind.
The new menu is hard to read, colors are horrible, and this is not a time to insert the color green!! Think about that. Primarily seniors use the the guide.......why do you insist on putting harsh, bright colors that hurt our eyes? There is nothing readable about this menu and it is so confusing. Kids don't use this, teenagers don't use it, only seniors use it and now we can't see it. Change it or I think I will just do without Verizon totally. Nothing on there much anymore anyway. Saturdays are just null with blanks as per your scheduling. I'm also tired of the grammatical mistakes and putting it in Spanish when it should be English. Take a little time and quit making so many mistakes!! Fix the menu PLEASE......Put it back like it was.
I totally agree... HATE IT, HATE IT, HATE IT!!! Who comes up with these AWFUL changes and why does Management let it fly??? Why can't you give us the choice to switch back... You just decide this is better and SHOVE IT DOWN OUR THROATS... This may be the last straw for me (Hello Comcast)... Verizon has been going downhill the last couple of years... Constantly going up on price...When you have a problem they waste your time and try to fix it over the phone and send you out new boxes and make you do the work and set up the new box and pack up and send back the old one ( By the way going on 2 years and 3 new DVR boxes later and they still have not fixed the problems that i am having ). GIVE US A CHOICE AND LET US GO BACK TO THE OLD GUIDE
I guess with any changes, it is something to get used to. I remember when the new colors came out previously and there were complaints that the blue was too bright. I will say that there are things I don't like about the new screen:
1. If you need to adjust the settings on a DVR record, you now have to confirm the change by pressing the little yellow triangle "A" at the bottom of the remote. Before, you just hit the Okay button. Not sure why they changed this. It was much easier just using the arrow keys and the Okay button.
2. When watching a DVR recording, it is more difficult to tell how far the program is by looking at the line that shows the length of how far you are in the program. It does not go the entire way across the listing like it used to, so it is throwing me off.
3. When you done with a DVR show, to delete, you now scroll up instead of down to get to delete. I am used to scrolling down because that is where delete used to be. Not a major deal, just something to get used to.
4. In Settings, you used to be able to pick whether you wanted the classic view or more modern view (I can't remember what it is called) when looking at the Guide menu. I liked the classic view because it did not have as many channels on the screen so the screen was less crowded. Now, regardless of which one I select, the screen is the same. There is no difference between the two choices now.
5. In Guide view, I am still thrown off by which channel to select. I now it is the one that is in the middle, but for some reason, I sometimes miss that and am looking at the wrong channel. It needs to be clearer which channel you are selecting, like putting a dark border around that channel or something. Even though that channel is bigger, it still throws me off.
6. For whatever reason, it bothers me that the live TV screen in the top left corner of the Guide screen blocks some of the channel numbers that are at the top of the screen.
I realize some of these are nitpicky, and I will get used to the new version. I do wish they would re-establish the two views, classic and modern, so that I can have a guide screen that is less crowded.
Agree with MiMeQu's points about the new guide. The choice of classic view vs modern view is maddening - you reach it by drilling through several layers of menus and then it doesn't do anything. Also, hitting the yellow triangle to confirm the changes in a DVR recording, means I can't use my Logitech controller, but have to pick up the Verizon remote.
Terrible update.
These are the most awful colors I have EVER seen! I have no clue how the person that dreamed up these colors got t past management—kind of spooky that so many dumb people are in management—eyes.
I have looked for the past couple days trying to find a way to change the theme, but no luck.
Spooked by Verizon management!
AGREE... I HATE IT... CHANGE IT BACK!!!
Horrible. Makes me feel as if I'm having a stroke. Please make it usable again.
I usually schedule recordings using my computer. This week, the guide there changed dramatically. The boxes for program names are all black, with no bar to show where one program ends and another begins. The boxes do not show if the program is new or not any more. Nor do they show which programs are already set to record.
I would really like the option to go back to the way it used to be.
I see people talking about change in the TV Guide on the TV -- mine has not changed there, at least not YET.
I agree with all the other posts. I also don't understand when I pull a program to watch on the DVR, I get all these listings at the bottom "More Like This". I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS STUFF. I have all notifications turned off but this feature is showing whether I want it or not. Again, give m the option to turn this off.
The new guide is much too busy. There should be an option to allow us to view it the old way if we want.
The worst menu yet!
Give Comcast a try.
I would if it were an option in 01532...
Does anyone know if FIOS tech's read this bulletin and actually listen to their customers inputs? I certainly hope so!
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