New Programmin​g Guide SUCKS (rolled out 9/28/11)
gtsfer
Enthusiast - Level 2

This new guide is TERRIBLE and it's kind of unbelieveable that Verizon would deploy in this state. 

The guide colors are now like baby blue and white.   The color scheme is awful on the eyes, the font has changed and just looks crappy and as a result there is less info on the screen.

The guide is now soooo sloooow don't even bother.   It is also as deplorable as the color scheme.

This is an obviously untested rollout.   U N T E S T E D.    You should be ashamed to call yourselves engineers that is, if any of you even have a degree.

I'm waiting 48 hours.   If it's not corrected I'm dumping verizon.   Since they obviously don't care one iota about their customers.   I'm sorry to say Verizon is now comparable to C****** as provider of services.

Re: New Programmin​g Guide SUCKS (rolled out 9/28/11)
Magellan42
Enthusiast - Level 1

Agreed 100%

Cant stand that light blue color scheme.  

Although the previous guide wasn't perfect it was a hundered times better than this new crap.

Re: New Programmin​g Guide SUCKS (rolled out 9/28/11)
doubleaa752
Newbie

The colors are truely not the best, but my rollout seemed pretty smooth and the response time is fine... Make sure you have the latest boxes... The older ones are slow...

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Re: New Programmin​g Guide SUCKS (rolled out 9/28/11)
lgfan1
Enthusiast - Level 1

Agreed! I was shocked when I turned on the TV and not in a good way. 

Re: New Programmin​g Guide SUCKS (rolled out 9/28/11)
bobbo527
Specialist - Level 3

Sorry, but I got it today as well and except for the god awful powder blue color I don' think the guide is that bad at all. Seriously.

I haven't had any problems with the guide speed, it's as responsive as the old one was, at least on all my boxes. (2500, 6200 and 7232).

And you are complaining about LESS data on the screen, I'm looking at it now and if anything there is MORE data certainly not less. 

I don't like the color contrasts, it does make it difficult to see, but otherwise I have not found anything else to complain about.  I sort of like it so far.

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Re: New Programming​g Guide SUCKS (rolled out 9/28/11)
jg551
Enthusiast - Level 2

THis blows. Can't turn off parental controls. Color scheme is sickening. Comcast is looking good right now.

Re: New Programming​g Guide SUCKS (rolled out 9/28/11)
scottr8
Enthusiast - Level 1

I agree the color scheme is really bad. Comcast has the ability to change to suite your taste. I don't understand how anyone thought this was an improvement. Also the font sizes are too small. We like to look at TV in bed and it's impossible to read on smaller TV's. And by small I mean 27".  Poor rolllout. Someone needs to rethink this.

Re: New Programming​g Guide SUCKS (rolled out 9/28/11)
NEWGUIDESTINKS
Enthusiast - Level 2

How the heck do you turn off the guide? How incredibly annoying to have to see the guide every time I turn a channel. How many times must Verizon wipe out the bottom fifth of the picture to let me know again, that Jeopardy is on? I flip through channels all the time, and each time, I have to be reminded that Jeopardy is on Channel 506!!!! Stop it please! Give us a way to turn this pest off!.

Thanks.

Re: New Programming​g Guide SUCKS (rolled out 9/28/11)
duker1
Enthusiast - Level 2

I totally agree. What morons came up with this design. All this is are basically billboards for Verizon. This is enough to make me want to cancel my subscription. You should provide the option of displaying just a cable guide. The most channels and times that can be displayed. That’s what I want to see. Not all this other advertising.

Oh it’s sooo pretty. So what. It’s pretty useless to me. I love new technology and am fine with changes when they provide some benefit to me. I don’t get this with your new Media Guide. Maybe that’s the problem. I just want a channel guide.

How can I get back to the old guide!

Re: New Programming​g Guide SUCKS (rolled out 9/28/11)
DisrupTer911
Enthusiast - Level 2

the QIP6416-2 STB is god awfully slow to respond now and stuck 4:3 format!