Abstract: A user interface with software tensing may be described. An apparatus may include a user interface module to display a channel lineup representing what is currently being offered by one or more channels. Each of the channels has one or more identifiers including at least a visual data identifier. The user interface module receives basic visual data for each of the channels from a first dedicated tuner. A media lensing module to increase a size of the visual data identifier of a channel of interest in the channel lineup when a pointer coincides with the channel of interest. The user interface module to receive detailed visual data from a second dedicated tuner for the channel of interest. The user interface module to replace the basic visual data of the visual data identifier for the channel of interest with the detailed visual data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.