http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/ Engadget HD Comments for Echostar's new DVR UI kills the number pad, long live the touch pad http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 1:36PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 2:07PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 2:34PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 3:12PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 3:54PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 4:12PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/Jan 8th 2009 4:38PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/
Also, will the 922 have the ability to even be controlled by IR?

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I can navigate to channels far quicker just by tapping in their three digit channel number far faster than I could by having to navigate through a UI and tap on its logo. Even with the on screen keypad, I bet I wouldn't be able to quickly tap in the numbers - just as I do with two thumbs on our Sky remote. I can change the channel in about a quarter of a second, and I bet the software on the box and the remote's touchpad wouldn't be able to handle anything approaching that fast!

Buttons have remained popular through all these years for a reason - they work. Why reinvent the wheel for no real benefit whatsoever? What a monumentally stupid idea.]]>Jan 10th 2009 9:15PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/
Plus, how many home theater enthusiasts do you know that actually use the remote that comes with their equipment instead of a good universal remote?]]>Jan 11th 2009 9:40PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/http://www.engadgethd.com/photos/echostar-press-conference/1268346/

or maybe it's just a demo, I also saw Seventh Heaven on Encore Action and Family Guy on TNT
http://www.engadgethd.com/photos/echostar-press-conference/1268355/
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