Comment on Osk‽ Pfffft

mimavox@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A long long time ago, cable tv remotes had over 50 buttons.

  TV remote with T9 buttons

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I haven’t had a TV in like 15 years, what do they look like nowadays?

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    • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      A lot less buttons; this here is a generic smart TV remote. A lot of streaming boxes have the bare minimum. Image

      It’d be disingenuous to say all remotes are like that, here’s a newer looking one with many buttons. A major “feature” of most new remotes are dedicated buttons to various streaming services, Netflix, Disney, Prime, etc. Image

      And here’s a pile of old remotes I found while looking for the first two pictures. Image

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      • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah the first one makes me think that it’s at most for speakers.

        Weird.

        Thanks for teh information.

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• adj16@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think it’s a joke but this would be a real game changer if so

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  • cm0002@suppo.fi ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lol they actually do make “universal” remotes with oodles of buttons that work with all the standard streaming boxes

    I picked up a used Sony TV (Android TV) and the standard remote is what you’d expect, but it didn’t come with it so I decided to see if there was one with buttons I could buy instead when I was looking for it’s replacement

    Imagine my surprise when there was lmao

    I also saw some for Rokus and firetvs

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