diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 726b379..a85d835 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ Version 0.0.2
 - added discusage icons to menu header view element so that it discusage can be displayed in every menu view
 - added numeric day, month and year tokens in different view elements
 - support for global variables type "double"
-- added setup options to configure rerun display behaviour 
+- added setup options to configure rerun display behaviour
+- changed display of menu lists, do flush first after complete rendering
diff --git a/displaymenu.c b/displaymenu.c
index 73e489d..6764699 100644
--- a/displaymenu.c
+++ b/displaymenu.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ bool cSDDisplayMenu::SetItemEvent(const cEvent *Event, int Index, bool Current,
         return true;
     if (!rootView->SubViewAvailable())
         return false;
+    rootView->LockFlush();
     if (Current) {
         if (Channel) {
             rootView->SetChannel(Channel);
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ bool cSDDisplayMenu::SetItemTimer(const cTimer *Timer, int Index, bool Current,
         return true;
     if (!rootView->SubViewAvailable())
         return false;
+    rootView->LockFlush();
     cDisplayMenuListView *list = rootView->GetListView();
     if (!list)
         return false;
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ bool cSDDisplayMenu::SetItemChannel(const cChannel *Channel, int Index, bool Cur
         return true;
     if (!rootView->SubViewAvailable())
         return false;
+    rootView->LockFlush();
     cDisplayMenuListView *list = rootView->GetListView();
     if (!list)
         return false;
@@ -125,6 +128,7 @@ bool cSDDisplayMenu::SetItemRecording(const cRecording *Recording, int Index, bo
         return true;
     if (!rootView->SubViewAvailable())
         return false;
+    rootView->LockFlush();
     cDisplayMenuListView *list = rootView->GetListView();
     if (!list)
         return false;
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ void cSDDisplayMenu::SetItem(const char *Text, int Index, bool Current, bool Sel
     if (!list) {
         return;
     }
+    rootView->LockFlush();
     eMenuCategory cat = MenuCategory();
     if (cat == mcMain) {
         list->AddMainMenuItem(Index, Text, Current, Selectable);
@@ -208,26 +213,32 @@ void cSDDisplayMenu::SetText(const char *Text, bool FixedFont) {
 void cSDDisplayMenu::Flush(void) {
     if (!doOutput)
         return;
+    bool doFlush = false;
     if (state == vsInit) {
         rootView->Start();
         rootView->RenderMenuItems();
-        rootView->DoFlush();
+        doFlush = true;
     } else if (state == vsMenuInit) {
         rootView->Render();
-        rootView->DoFlush();
         rootView->RenderMenuItems();
-        rootView->DoFlush();
+        doFlush = true;
     } else if (state == vsMenuUpdate) {
         rootView->RenderMenuItems();
-        rootView->DoFlush();
+        doFlush = true;
     } else if (state == vsMenuDetail) {
+        rootView->OpenFlush();
         rootView->Render();
         rootView->DoFlush();
         rootView->RenderDetailView();
         rootView->DoFlush();
     } else {
-        if (rootView->RenderDynamicElements())
-            rootView->DoFlush();
+        if (rootView->RenderDynamicElements()) {
+            doFlush = true;
+        }
+    }
+    if (doFlush) {
+        rootView->OpenFlush();
+        rootView->DoFlush();
     }
     state = vsIdle;
 }
diff --git a/libcore/pixmapcontainer.h b/libcore/pixmapcontainer.h
index 06f9104..3904f16 100644
--- a/libcore/pixmapcontainer.h
+++ b/libcore/pixmapcontainer.h
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ protected:
     void SetInitFinished(void) { pixContainerInit = false; };
     bool CreateOsd(int Left, int Top, int Width, int Height);
     void DeleteOsdOnExit(void) { deleteOsdOnExit = true; };
-    void LockFlush(void);
-    void OpenFlush(void);
     //Wrappers for access to pixmaps
     bool PixmapExists(int num);
     int NumPixmaps(void) { return numPixmaps; };
@@ -66,6 +64,8 @@ protected:
 public:
     cPixmapContainer(int numPixmaps);
     virtual ~cPixmapContainer(void);
+    void LockFlush(void);
+    void OpenFlush(void);
     void DoFlush(void);
     virtual void Action(void) {};
 };