> it is a shame to see that the creativity and excitement of the media viewing experience provided by menus replaced by the sterile, generic, one-size-fits-all interfaces

In a sense this is true across _all_ user interfaces. MacOS is perhaps the best example. This occurred largely in the same timeframe.

I wonder what it means culturally / socially, in terms of the loss of excitement or visual wonder, and replacement with 'sterile, generic' visuals.