Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Digital cable TV
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 7 years (2019–2025), in 4 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Channels take seconds to start, so flipping through them is slowUnreviewed
20192026- Channels take seconds to start, so users cannot quickly flip through them2023-04-24
- Boxes are slow to switch channels and need a separate remote for functions missing on the new one2021-07-15
- Switching channels takes so long that channel surfing becomes impractical2019-12-19
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 4 complaints
- Boxes boot to a promo front page, so seniors can't find live TV2025-09-27
- Channels take seconds to start, so users cannot quickly flip through them2023-04-24
- Boxes are slow to switch channels and need a separate remote for functions missing on the new one2021-07-15
- Switching channels takes so long that channel surfing becomes impractical2019-12-19