DirecTV’s new HD UI revealed to testers, is prettier and faster than the current one

While DirecTV may tossing an old standard def look on the new DirecTiVo , beta testers in the Cutting Edge group got a treat tonight when their boxes downloaded a brand new user interface. It’s the HD UI that was mentioned during the last earnings call , and brings not only fully 16×9 formatted graphics but also, according to testers, a serious performance boost to satellite receivers. If you’re in the test group restart your box and punch 0,2,4,6,8 to snag the new software and have a look for yourself, but if you’re on the outside looking in hit the source link for more pics via one of DBSTalk’s typical thorough walkthrough PDFs. [Thanks, cypherstream & Joshua] DirecTV’s new HD UI revealed to testers, is prettier and faster than the current one originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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