Generic TV and Game console interface elements

Home screen: This is the screen that appears when the ‘Home’ button is pressed on the remote. On some smart TVs you can choose to have the Basic or New version. New has has several content lists to promote programmes whereas the Basic is just the app list and when an app is selected you are shown the contents

App list: Move left and right through the horizontal list of apps, select the one you want to watch. Some TV boxes allow you to edit this list

Content lists: these promote content with clear titles such as ‘On Now’, ‘New and Trending, ‘Frequently Viewed Programmes’ or ‘Continue watching’. On some Smart TV’s these lists can be re-ordered by editing them

Guide: For live TV through an arial, select a channel and watch live

Recordings: TV boxes are used to record programmes and these will be saved under a button on the remote or in a contents list. e.g. press ‘My Shows’ on a Virgin remote to see recordings