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 ABSTRACT
To understand how people really interact with digital TV and digital video recorder (DVR) systems, 10 people were recruited, 6 with DVRs and 4 with non-DVR digital cable or satellite TV systems. Video-recording equipment was set up in their homes to record their TV viewing. The person viewing as well as the TV content being viewed were recorded as the person watched TV. Afterwards, the recordings were reviewed and analyzed by the experimenter together with the viewer, who then described his or her behavior. The results show that overall the most common way people interacted with TV was in avoiding advertisements and finding new programming to watch when the current show ended. These results can be used to find ways to improve how users experience TV systems.
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Hyowon Lee , Paul Ferguson , Cathal Gurrin , Alan F. Smeaton , Noel E. O'Connor , Heeseon Park, Balancing the power of multimedia information retrieval and usability in designing interactive tv, Proceeding of the 1st international conference on Designing interactive user experiences for TV and video, October 22-24, 2008, Silicon Valley, California, USA
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INDEX TERMS
Primary Classification:
H.
Information Systems
H.1
MODELS AND PRINCIPLES
H.1.2
User/Machine Systems
Subjects:
Human factors
Additional Classification:
H.
Information Systems
H.5
INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
H.5.1
Multimedia Information Systems
Subjects:
Video (e.g., tape, disk, DVI)
H.5.2
User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)
Subjects:
User-centered design;
Interaction styles (e.g., commands, menus, forms, direct manipulation)
J.
Computer Applications
J.7
COMPUTERS IN OTHER SYSTEMS
Subjects:
Consumer products
General Terms:
Design,
Human Factors
Keywords:
digital TV,
digital video recorder,
ethnographic studies,
people interacting with DVRs,
people interacting with TV
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