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Dear Readers,
It was only a few issues ago when TELE-satellite
introduced to you the first receiver with the Linux
operating system that could be started with two different
user interfaces. The user could opt to work with one
interface on one day and try the other interface the next
day; it was entirely up to them. In this issue of TELE-
satellite we are introducing a Linux receiver that can
actually be started with three different user interfaces.
In this way the hardware (the receiver) is distancing
itself more and more from the software (the user
interface). You can look at it like this: if you have a
laptop, you could start it first with Windows and then
later on you could start it with Apple’s operating
system. Both operating systems are sophisticated and
equivalent but there are some users that swear by
one operating system and others that simply can’t do
without the other operating system.
It’s the same with the user interfaces in digital TV
receivers. Every receiver that we present in TELE-
satellite operates with a sophisticated user interface
but there are those that would prefer to use a specific
software. An additional argument here is the ever
increasing choice of applications. If you record TV
programs on a regular basis, you might place more
value in the presentation of an EPG and thus prefer to
work with a user interface that is especially comfortable
in this area. Then there are those viewers that watch TV
channels from broadcasters that don’t even provide an
EPG. For this group a comfortable EPG means nothing
to them; instead for them other criteria would be much
more important, such as for example, a comfortable
channel scan.
If you, as a viewer, want the opportunity to be able
to select a user interface for a digital TV receiver that
is best suited to your needs, then you would need a
receiver that offers precisely this kind of option. The
software that a manufacturer factory-installs in its
receivers is becoming more and more a selling point to
the user and not a feature of a receiver that the user
must live with. Whether or not receiver buyers use the
original software or supplement the box with additional
applications - in the end it’s another freedom for the
user: he can choose to utilize what the manufacturer
has to offer or he can load software that he likes better.
Freedom of choice is now even more in the hands
of the customer. And this seems to be a sign of the
times; no one wants to be told what to do anymore,
especially when it has to do with how to use a receiver.
The customer is king; he even has a say in the user
software.
Sincerely,
Alexander Wiese
Editor-in-Chief TELE-satellite International