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features of a DVD immediately after watching it than at any other time). For example,<br />

FOX’s American Idol, which millions of people interact with each week, allows viewers<br />

to vote for up to one hour after the end of the program.<br />

Principle: Give users increased control over their viewing experiences<br />

A key human-computer interaction principle is to give users increased control in<br />

any system. As we have seen from examples in chapters two and three, viewers greatly<br />

enjoy and are beginning to demand increased control over their viewing experiences.<br />

DVRs, in particular, allow viewers to watch television at their own convenience instead<br />

of waiting for their favorite programs to air according to the network’s schedule.<br />

Similarly, EPGs allow viewers to actively search for desired programs by a favorite<br />

genre, actor, or director, for example, instead of the traditional passive model of watching<br />

and waiting for scrolling programming guides that don’t allow any user control.<br />

TiVo is an iTV platform that is exemplary in giving users this sense of control<br />

over the system. As we discussed in chapter two, TiVo allows viewer to search for,<br />

record, and watch television programs at their leisure. Options such as the season pass<br />

allow viewers to record multiple episodes of a program automatically (Figure 5.5 (a)).<br />

TiVo also allows viewers to time-shift media, with the ability to pause, rewind, and fast<br />

forward through live television (see Figure 5.5 (b)). These powerful single-actions,<br />

effective over many instances, leverage the procedural programmability of the processor.<br />

In addition to taking advantage of time-shifting capabilities, one of the key functional<br />

affordances of the digital medium, TiVo takes advantage of the encyclopedic by storing<br />

hundreds of hours of video programming for viewers to watch at their leisure.<br />

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