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Krustov wrote:
uk.media.tv.sky
Edster
Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:00:38 +0000


Red button has a function? I thought it was just there to annoy
viewers.


All i can say is the software programmers at sky cant be very good at
their job if they cant even provide a simple option to toggle the red
button on or off in the menu system .

There of sorts isn't there? You can set it to go off after 30secs.

is there a "back" key? like if im watchin sky one and was previously
watchin FIVE or somethin, i could press back to go back n forth 'tween the 2

uk.media.tv.sky
^^artnada^^
Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:15:48 GMT


Red button has a function? I thought it was just there to annoy
viewers.


All i can say is the software programmers at sky cant be very good at
their job if they cant even provide a simple option to toggle the red
button on or off in the menu system .

There of sorts isn't there? You can set it to go off after 30secs


And all rather pointless as most adverts that use it are less than 30
seconds long .


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On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 at 23:48:22, Mike Henry
wrote in uk.media.tv.sky :

is there a "back" key? like if im watchin sky one and was previously
watchin FIVE or somethin, i could press back to go back n forth 'tween the 2

That's the single most requested missing feature for the last nine years:
and no, Sky don't want you to have it.

Why not?
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Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:02:07 -0000, Krustov wrote:

All i can say is the software programmers at sky cant be very good at
their job if they cant even provide a simple option to toggle the red
button on or off in the menu system .

You mean, like they already do on the services menu, on that menu
option which has been there for years now?

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On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:42:17 +0000, Edster wrote:

But the broadcasters know that, so they set it to come back on again
every few minutes.

I don't know what channels you're watching but I've never seen it do
that.

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On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 at 16:34:20, Mike Henry
wrote in uk.media.tv.sky :

is there a "back" key? like if im watchin sky one and was previously
watchin FIVE or somethin, i could press back to go back n forth 'tween the 2

That's the single most requested missing feature for the last nine years:
and no, Sky don't want you to have it.

Why not?

Because it helps viewers - those left still watching live TV, anyway -
watch fewer adverts during ad breaks.

But that surely won't stop them channel hopping - it never stops *me*!
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Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:05:27 +0000, Edster wrote:

I don't watch it anymore, but UK Gold was doing it a few months ago.

Complain to them, and to Sky.

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On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:05:28 +0000, Edster wrote:

What, you mean the option that DOESN'T switch it off?

Well again I don't know what option you're looking at but I find the
"On-screen icon timeout" or whatever it's called works just fine for
me.

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On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:55:13 +0000, Edster wrote:

What would be the point?

UK Gold probably have no idea how their red button works so won't be
aware that it's behaving in such a braindead way. Odds are that Sky
will be interested that channels they sell are behaving in such a
braindead way also.

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On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:57:14 +0000, Edster wrote:

They would just say they have research that shows people want them to
keep coming back on every few minutes.

If you've set the icon timeout to 'ON' then you've clearly expressed a
wish that you want the icon gone after 30 seconds or less. If UK Gold
keep making it come back on then they must be going to special effort
(or possess special cluelessness) to over-ride YOUR clearly stated
preference, an option which is offered to you by the "Sky Platform"
and which UK Gold clearly CAN respect, and therefore SHOULD respect.

Complaining to UK Gold and Sky gives you a chance to exploit the
tension between the two. UK Gold need Sky to be happy so that Sky keep
paying them for the channel. Sky want their customers to be happy so
that they keep paying their subscriptions. A complaint to Sky lets
them know that one of their suppliers (UK Gold) is directly ****ing
off one or more of their paying customers (you) in a manner which is
clearly technically avoidable and is clearly against Sky's wishes for
the platform (that menu option wouldn't be there otherwise.)

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