You guys really have put together a fantastic piece of software here. I've got Channels running remote to three different households and have not had a single issue with playback, quality, etc. This is my daily driver and happy to continue to pay for this service, especially since we know how closely you all listen to user feedback.
My wishlist for Channels in the upcoming year (coming from an Apple TV user):
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Better datasource for Movie & TV imports - I do find myself having to manually update some things that gracenote(?) does not pick up and match automatically. The artwork for some movies and TV shows look a bit cheap and unofficial sometimes, and descriptions can be lacking.
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True native PIP when in the grid guide. I know it was a pretty big task to get PIP in its current form here, so this is a little bigger of an ask. But it would be really cool to get a PIP screen more embedded in the grid guide (on one of the top corners) so that Apple's PIP doesn't overlap with the content on the screen.
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I like the purple, but a deeper, darker purple would look good as an accessibility option for those who have a hard time reading text against some of the lighter shades of purple.
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Option to toggle on/off unwatched markers on TV shows.
I think the enhanced library interface could be cleaned up a bit. Some examples I see:
On the main (Enhanced) Library screen, the "Movies"-"TV Shows"-"Collections" buttons could be on the very top of the screen (above "Up Next" and taking up the entire row), to quickly get into each different section instead of being below the "Up Next" section. I'm not sure if this would improve functionality at all, that's just a UI preference for me.
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Have the sidebar tabs always be present in every screen within the library. When I go Library>Up Next and am in the "Up Next" screen, the sidebar is gone until you back into the prior screen. Unless that is intentional, it'd be nice to have the sidebar collapsed on every menu.
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Would also like to see the "All Shows" or "All Movies" access button more prominent from their respective screens within the library.
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When you are in "All Shows" or "All Movies", a quick-scroll lettered scroll (like on Plex) would be amazing for those of us with large import libraries.
-Super nit-picky, but just some general UI enhancements on the Library pages, like depth, shadows, different spacing, etc. Something to give the libraries a little more pop beyond cover images in a grid. When the Apple TV motion UI has a movie highlighted and enlarged, when it moves around the cover sometimes overlaps a large portion of the title text.
Additionally, I think you guys have mentioned you're on this
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Reducing the CPU usage when editing Virtual Channels that have a lot of content added
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Increasing the timeout error message time (I get a handful of Timeout screens on my Apple TV watching remotely within two seconds of loading
But again, the act of watching live TV with my HdHOMERUN, nothing works better than Channels. Keep up the great work guys.
