TiVo Premiere
Originally posted to RohJuh.com on Mar 02, 2010. Today, we introduced the Premiere and Premiere XL which both feature the cool new wide-screen HD UI (High-Definition User Interface for the lay people). They also feature remote controls designed by yours truly. To the casual eye, the Premiere XL remote probably doesn’t look much different from the current Series3 / TiVoGlo remote. However, there are some important changes. Perhaps the most obvious is the inclusion of the four colored A B C D buttons which will be used for various functions in the UI. My feelings towards these buttons are somewhat mixed. On the one hand, I generally oppose adding any buttons to the remote. On the other hand, these buttons, particularly with the colors we have chosen, really add some nice visual pop against the glossy black plastic. And of course, I can see the benefit such flexible function buttons provide from a UI standpoint. The battery architecture was also changed from 4 AAA batteries to 2 AA b...