Editorial
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The document discusses the role and importance of displays in digital TV receivers. It argues that receivers currently do little more than show basic channel information on small alphanumeric displays. However, prominently displaying the channel logo and additional information could turn receivers into exciting control centers that enhance the viewing experience. The author advocates for receivers featuring larger, more visually appealing displays instead of the basic screens of the past, to create an emotional connection between users and their TV devices.
Editorial
- 1. TELE-satellite International t The Worlds Larges zine Dig ital TV Trade Maga since 1981 Alexander Wiese Publisher .com alex@TELE-satellite y HQ in Munich, German Dear Readers, In addition to the newest top receivers and future-oriented to be visually appealing; it just needs to be functional. Its not headends, we are also introducing to you in this issue of TELE- a critical component of daily use. And if it isnt important for satellite something that at first glance doesnt seem all too the user, then the value of the receiver is also reduced. The impressive: a display (a small monitor) that can be connected receiver simply becomes a part of everyday life. Its not all too to a receiver. The display can be configured in such a way that exciting to switch channels with the remote control. it shows the logo of the currently received TV channel. Now you A large display that can permanently show the more relevant could argue that there isnt much that could be less exciting; data, such as, channel logo, abbreviated EPG and the time, turns most channels already blend in their channel logo into the the receiver into a real control center. Can you imagine how video, in fact, most every receiver shows the channel name much more fun it would be to enjoy an evening of TV with one on its display. So, what purpose does it serve to prominently of these pimped up receivers? Pushing a button on the remote display the logo yet again? control now takes on a completely new meaning now that you If youre asking this question, youre overlooking one aspect can do more with it instead of just switching the channels on the in todays digital receivers that is being provided less and less: monitor. Now the information on the display changes along with that control center feeling. The integrated display is in most the actual channel the effect of the remote control is much receivers simply an alphanumeric display that in almost every more exciting. case only has a limited number of character places such that Every manufacturer is amazed with a company like Apple that most channel names cant be fully displayed. The channel name can take products and turn them into something special. Its is either cut off or the display scrolls through the channel name. actually something that any manufacturer could do. Even digital With some channels this is not the case; a channel such as TV receivers can be made into something special if they are The Entertainment Channel E! fits in every receiver display. turned into a true TV channel control center. Im waiting for But I have yet to come across a display that can completely fit the day when receivers will come with a lavish display rather channel names like The History Channel. than an alphanumeric display (a technology that stems from The argument is this: the display on a receiver really only serves the earlier days of electronics from the last century). I want as an emergency function that lets you set up a receiver even to see receivers that give the user the feeling of being actively without a monitor. The on-screen menu provides everything involved in the programming control center of their living room. your heart desires and in most cases shows the channel name Then, instead of typical everyday receivers, youll have an in its entirety. So why should manufacturers include a large exciting and emotional TV device that meaningfully speaks to display in their receivers? the user and this is exactly what makes a manufacturer like But there is another motive to think about here regarding the Apple so successful. subject of receiver displays. On the one hand the user only sees the wonderful on-screen receiver menu during installation and then again in an abbreviated form (channel display when switching between channels) for one or two seconds. Hmm, whats the use of a menu that will hardly be used by the user in everyday use? My take on this is that the whole approach is wrong. A receiver Alexander Wiese menu that is only visible during the installation doesnt have Editor-in-Chief TELE-satellite International TELE satellite Address TELE-satellite International, PO Box 1234, 85766 Munich-Ufg, GERMANY/EUROPE Editor-in-Chief Alexander Wiese, alex@TELE-satellite.com Published by TELE-satellite Medien GmbH, Aschheimer Weg 19, 85774 Unterfoehring, GERMANY/EUROPE Design N辿meti Barna Attila Advertising www.TELE-satellite.com/ads/ Subscriptions: www.TELE-satellite.com/subscription/ Copyright 息 2012 by TELE-satellite ISSN 1435-7003 TELE-satellite was established in 1981 and today is the oldest, largest and most-read digital tv trade magazine in the world. TELE-satellite is seen by more than 350,000 digital tv professionals around the world and is available both in printed form and online. www.TELE-satellite.com