I was just about post that the rew/ff buttons were not the same, I just noticed it while skipping though a "not so great" tv show (happy town) its a bit of a let down, not as good as I was expecting
the red mute icon and green vol icon could be updated too the new look too
I agree about a mock up, the previous "light" grey mod did look bad, but the current one works really well. I'd be very interested in seeing a mock up of a new design though.
I think the OSD layout needs changing at some point any way, its far to "busy" in my opinion, But that'll be a lot of coding I'd assume.
Looking forward to seeing your plans though
Edit:
In your screenshot of the the walking dead for example, I think that:
The "Now Playing" text should be removed completely.
The "imdb rating" and "HD" logo should only be visible on pressing "up"
The episode name and number "4 Vatos" should be in the same size/font as the series title "The Walking Dead"
The title and episode info should be switched (episode info below tv series title)
So it would now read:
The Walking Dead * Season 1
Episode 4 * Vatos
<<<<<<<<<Description of show here>>>>>>>>>>
Then when the user presses "up"
Episode 4 * Vatos imdb rating HD
<<<<<< description of how here >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Or similar
But I think it seriously needs a tidy up, as it uses 3 different font sizes, 3 different font styles (1 all caps / 1 all bold / 1 normal)
it's mayhem in there