Am I the only one who thinks perhaps I should become a hand model?

The five-button disc was certainly more intuitive than I would have thought, after several years of using the old version.

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Also, it should be mentioned that this isn’t the final release of the remote—they mentioned that they may change some basic aesthetics, but nothing major.

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I like the look of it.  I’m wondering how the backlight is activated?  Will there be a thumb button to turn it on, or will it be movement activated?

I recently purchased a Logitech Harmony 520 remote and was surprised when it lit up, when I picked it up off the coffee table, first thing in the morning.

Also, I hope the remote has a bunch of new codes.  I’d be in heaven if it was a learning remote and I could just use it.  My Benq tv seems to be too new.  And my Sony receiver is too stubborn. 

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The best feature missing=ability to go straight to the now playing list. My first tivo Sony SVR-3000 had a button called list. 99% of the time you want to go to your now playing list when you hit the tivo button. Add that button! Or at least make a software hack so that when I hit the tivo button I could go straight to my now playing list. If I’m missing something, please let me know.

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jctivo - just hit TiVo+TiVo and you’re in Now Playing.
TiVo+0 runs the boot animation
TiVo+1 is the Season Pass Manager
TiVo+2 is the To Do List
etc - up to TiVo+9 are shortcuts

(Buy TiVo+x I mean press the TiVo button, then press the next button.  TiVo takes you to TiVo Central, and then while there pressing TiVo again goes to Now Playing, pressing 1 is SPM, etc.)

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Megazone,

Thanks for the tips. Maybe I wasn’t clear enough. I know those shortcuts. I’m just saying I don’t want to press 2 buttons 99% of the time when I’m going to now playing. The Sony Remote got me to now playing with one button/one press.

Maybe I’m the only one who thinks this is a pain and maybe if people haven’t had a Sony Tivo (I’m probably in the minority) then people don’t realize the “hassle” that pressing 2 buttons is. I had a Sony Tivo first and then got a night light tivo.

Again, I’m only trying to make a great product better and I realize that pressing two buttons isn’t a big deal but why not have it available (either through software or a physical button).

Thanks for the feedback.
jctivo

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I don’t find it a pain at all to ‘double tap’ the TiVo button.  My thumb is already there, and it is probably the easiest button to hit.

You could argue for another button for ‘Now Playing’, but then someone else would argue for one for Music & Photos, or SPM, etc.  You could quickly turn a fairly elegant remote into a button farm.  I always felt the Sony remote had clutter - though not as bad as the terribly button hell that was the Toshiba SD-H400 remote.  The remote alone would’ve kept me from buying or recommending that box.

TiVo has always been about keeping things as simple as possible.  A number of concepts have been rejected because they didn’t test well in user testing.  I know they’ve resisted, strongly, adding any buttons to the remote.  And allowing customization on the box - changing button functions, etc - is one thing that was felt to be too confusing for most users.

As a geek there are a lot of things I’d like to see - advanced features like full Boolen WishLists, etc (I have a LARGE RFE list), but I know they aren’t likely to do anything that doesn’t test well with J. Average User.

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Megazone,

I give….but one last rubbtle…the average user isn’t using photos, etc so no I don’t believe we add buttons for everything..and the “list” button would make it even simpler to use. But whatever….Tivo is a great idea…just not a great company and their slowness to market especially with Comcast and HD will be their downfall…I can’t convince people who have a crappy adelphia dvr why they need tivo. I think in the end tivo will always suffer from that. They should have hopped in bed with all cable companies. Why is Microsoft Windows so prevalent…because everyone uses it….Will tivo ever be that way even though they invented the idea or was on the leading edge, no…why will people pay for it when they can get it for $5 a month from adelphia or comcast…I sure hope they make enough money from the comcast boys to stay afloat.

How many people do I turn on to tivo (I have an ipod to thank for that) and they ask, can I watch one show while recording another? Yes, I know tivo series 3 will fix that but really should it have been series 3 to fix?

Great concept but lagging behind…Just ask AT&T, you can be the “best” and still lose if you aren’t on the cutting edge.

Thanks for all of your comments, I do appreciate them.
jctivo

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Also, it should be mentioned that this isn’t the final release of the remote—they mentioned that they may change some basic aesthetics, but nothing major.

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The best feature missing=ability to go straight to the now playing list. My first tivo Sony SVR-3000 had a button called list. 99% of the time you want to go to your now playing list when you hit the tivo button. Add that button! Or at least make a software hack so that when I hit the tivo button I could go straight to my now playing list. If I’m missing something, please let me know.

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Tivo double tap hassle!!!!
Problem: I recently purchased a new tivo series 2 to replace my Directv installation after a move.  I could not believe my new remote did not have a list button!

Solution:  I used my old directv/tivo remote which has slight changes from the tivo remote, including a list button, which in my opinion, is a must on the new series 3 remote.

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Does anybody know if the new remote will work the series 2 SA or DTV boxes?  I’d like a back lit peanut for my directivo…

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The S3 remote works with the S2, and since the S2 remotes work with the DirecTiVo, the S3 remote shoud work with DirecTiVos.

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You can program the S3 remote to get the “list” function.  Press and hold the Tivo and the select key for 5 seconds, press the input button.  Now direct your old Tivo remote towards the S3 remote and press “List”.  The S3 red light will flash and now the Input button works like the old “list” button.

99% of my first button press was the list button.  It simply a mistake to take it out.  Perhaps Tivo wants you to go to tivo central more often.

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I lost my directv remote and when I ordered a replacement, it’s missing the “list” button.  Instead I got a “window” button which appears to be for picture-in-picture capability, which my tv doesn’t have.

I miss the list button too.  Why should I have to press a button twice, when I used to be able to just press a different button once?

Jason’s solution won’t work for me, since the whole reason I got a new remote was because I lost the old one.

If anyone knows a hack to turn that window button into the list button, I’d love to hear it.

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