Mediaportal is awesome!!
One thing i wouldnt mind seeing is the ability to have an EPG banner come up at the bottom of the screen showing Now and Next for the current channel. If you look at the software Sky and Virgin use on their STB's, one common thing is for the user to use the arrows on the remote to scroll through channels and view upcoming programs. If the user wishes, they can press 'Select' to view the currently highlighted channel. If they highlight a program that is on in the future, it sets a reminder. If the user does not do anything, the banner times out. I think Vista Media centre also has something like this though smaller. At the moment on my MCE remote if i use channel up + down, mediaportal performs something somewhat similar but with limited functionality, that brings you to the channel when you stop scrolling. Im perhaps thinking maybe it should have a bit more dominance on the screen.
Heres some screenshots of Sky's and Virgins as examples. My Sony freeview tuner also performs something similar.
http://www.vowles-home.demon.co.uk/Sat/images/3z.jpg http://blog.wotsat.com/resources/wha...barsmaller.jpg
I currently have sky (used to also have NTL(now virgin)) The left and right arrows on the remote highlight the next and previous program in the list. The up and down arrow will display the next and previous channel epg banner respectively. In addition, an info button will display a program synopsis.
These are just common features ive found in most Set top boxes which i kinda miss when using mediaportal.