Ellipsis HD - is released!

[Emu Newbie]

The much anticipated XBMC skin is now available for download here

 

http://www.teamblackbolt.co.uk/

 

Enjoy!

[fumanchu]

been waiting for this to get released.....excellent stuff looking forward to giving this a whirl.

[emsley]

Thanks looking to this for a while now.

[(XBOX)]

thanks for the heads up E.N will check it out to see what the hype was about...

[Inky]

looks sick, to bad I just sold my OG xbox yesterday.....

[(XBOX)]

Anybody try this, I didnt like it its clean looking but I use wide icons so it looked like shit no wide icons support..

[dballs]

site seems to be down. just goes whit when i click the link or search for it.

[cba.gy]

Quite honestly, your not missing much.

Smashing idea, lovely artwork (albeit black n white themed), 2 yrs too late.

[kpone]

Quite honestly, your not missing much.

Smashing idea, lovely artwork (albeit black n white themed), 2 yrs too late.

 

Agreed. Instant delete.

 

I'm looking forward to trying their new skin Xperience based on X360's NXE. It should come this week end hopefully!

 

http://vimeo.com/8155597

[cba.gy]

Maybe tomorrow sometime !

[waal]

Why being so harsh with this skin ? It's a light design, it's usage is simple and it loads fast. Two qualities that I prefer. But yes, it would have been better if it was released two years ago.

 

By the other hand, I have the beta of their Xperience skin since weeks and I find its display too slow. I don't like the design, too dependent on Microsoft. No risk, no fun. It's overloaded and so unreadable on SDTV.

[cba.gy]

Xperience isnt optimised for xbox yet ! It has been designed for a higher spec PC.

You say Xperience isnt any fun. I say there are no fun visuals in Ellipsis at all.

The best part of Ellipsis is the carousel navigation on the home menu and even

then that was a mod for the "xTv" skin from quite a while back.

Many people will have different taste's. Users can try it for themselves.

Time will tell how many users change to this skin as their default.

I do see a lot of mod's to this skin, colour theme's especially.

The views needed so much more attention too.

[wicked_dumbo_octobus]

Ellipsis = Instant Delete. It's actually a painting not an User Interface.

[waal]

Xperience would be compared to a painting, not Ellipsis.

I agree with you CBA.GY, definitly Ellipsis is not really fun but it's simple. And when I said no risk, no fun about Xperience it's because for me there's no creativity in it. It's just copycat and collecting wallpapers with heavy loading.

I will always favor the ergonomics on aesthetics when it comes to XBOX because of daily use. And Ellipsis can be a good start for customization, colors like you say etc.

Anyway, I wanted a clear interface for my SDTV. Others often have too small typos, too.

Edited December 26, 2009 by waal

[wicked_dumbo_octobus]

What I mean that Ellipsis looks good, but usability is very low when compared to default skin (Confluence)

 

Feels like primacy has been only an appearance.

Edited December 26, 2009 by wicked_dumbo_octobus