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Is anyone else super relieved that TV's don't feature those unsightly, disgusting, buttons anymore? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Like, they sit in different places in the living room and leave the remote in different spots?

Get more remotes, and have your very own? Universal remotes have been around for a long time. IIRC Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, was involved with inventing them.

https://www.amazon.com/universal-remote/s?k=universal+remote

Can get one for less than $10 this Christmas, make the problem go away.

EDIT: Yeah, thought he was:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CL_9

CL 9 was a company that developed a universal TV remote control. It was started by Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Inc. and designer of the Apple I and Apple II personal computers. CL 9 was in business for three years, from 1985 to 1988, launching the 6502-based CL 9 CORE remote control in 1987, which Wozniak calls the first programmable universal remote control.

EDIT2: Hah. Just noticed the CPU model. That's the same processor that the Apple II had that he put in that remote.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm not saying your solution is complicated. You're right, $10 is cheap and that is simple, but I will still counter with: I should not have to BUY ANOTHER PRODUCT TO USE THE ONLY INTENDED FUNCTION OF SOMETHING I'VE ALREADY PURCHASED.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Hear hear!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, you still don't want to walk to the TV each time to fiddle with the controls, regardless of the design of them, right? Like, even if the on-TV controls were more-accessible, is that the route that you'd most-prefer to go, given the option?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Well, that did it. You finally convinced me that everything I thought I knew about my TV is wrong and that I actually DON'T want any of the things that I previously said I wanted, and that none of my complaints are based on my actual life experiences. Thank you for clearing up this delusion I've been living in for years!