Lost Remote has some screenshots of the new Microsoft TV software found on Comcast boxes in Seattle. (Elsewhere? who knows…)
My cable company, Cox, is using a competing software design called SARA, designed by Scientific Atlanta. You can see it at PVR Comparisons. Confusingly, their review is filed under the Comcast DVR heading and the screen shots are on a separate page.
I like the look of the Microsoft software a lot more, but without trying it I can’t tell whether it’s really more usable. For most people, the question is academic anyway, as you’re stuck with whatever box your cable company decides to go with.
Oh, and one of the first things I did was to ditch the hideous purple and pale yellow color scheme on the Scientific Atlanta box. Yeccch.
Thanks to Thomas Hawk for the pointers.
Ed Bott 