Digital TV Philips Consumer Electronics

Philips first 16:9 format, broadcast digital television. Unique features include the ability to install and integrate Windows CE applications into the menuing system, and also allow other devices to use the television for their on-screen displays.

• Designed user interface, jack panels, and remote control as a senior member of the UI Design Team and in collaboration with Philips Corporate Design (PCD), Eindhoven, Netherlands.
• Created prototypes and simulations. Validated design concepts and improved MG98 "puck" navigation method for deep nested heirarchies.
• Designed user tests. Performed user testing.
• Co-authored User Requirement Specification (URS), User Interface Specification (UIS), and other product development documentation.
• Worked with software engineers to develop the interface engine.

DTV User Interface Specification

"Describes the final product's look and feel in sufficient detail to enable (a) engineering development to complete functional specifications, (b) media production to create all required media assets, and (c) product planning to communicate the product's features and functions to marketing and sales."

Of special significance is Chapter 9: On-Screen Display Elements.

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