Submitted 11 months ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to [deleted]
This is something on tvs and even PC monitors/speakers that’s left me a little confused. Sliders/incremental input are okay for basic settings adjustments, but if you know exactly what you want your settings at…Why isn’t there a direct value input option on more devices?
E.g. brightness: slider/increment or input value within [range].
Volume: slider/increment or input value within [range].
I was helping adjust a somewhat newer tv awhile back and it brought this back to mind.
All my TVs have a percentage next to the slider. You still have to slide the slider, rather than type in a number, if that’s what you’re referring to. I think the slider is just easier for a generic remote, unless the remote has a keypad or you’re using a phone app as a remote.
than type in a number, if that’s what you’re referring to.
It is, and also don’t most generic remotes still have keypads? 🤨
That’s the part that probably gets me the most here. You used to, and with certain services still, have to directly enter in a channel number to go to that channel…So the basic setup is all there, but…Pretty much exclusively used for channel navigation because ???
People are used to sliders, I guess 🤷. Things used to be like that on old TVs, so it just never occured to anyone that people might like a direct value input instead of a slider.
To be honest, I wouldn’t know what to do with a direct input. Sliders are much more logical for fine tuning. It would be a nice option, but I would probably never use it.
I’d like to see this feature. People here are right that there’s probably not a huge need, but also seems like a relatively low effort feature to add.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 11 months ago
For most people an exact number is not necessary. Just move it up or down until it sounds right. The number that is displayed to the end user is usually pretty meaningless anyways, since 25 on one TV is not always the same as 25 on a different TV.