Agreed, there are certain buttons that are common with almost every remote that I would want hard buttons for. I think Logitech has their universal remotes spot-on. Add wi-fi to those and it'd be a killer remote...as long as I choose when it connects and it's not constantly wasting my batteries.
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Umm why are there so many buttons on the thing?
It should be touchscreen with a few OLED buttons. There should be less than 5 buttons total. Though 5 is pushing it.
And the GUI better be responsive.
Could be that some people don't like digging through menu systems to do basic things like play, or enter a channel number.
And some people like to change the channel without looking down.
Agreed, there are certain buttons that are common with almost every remote that I would want hard buttons for. I think Logitech has their universal remotes spot-on. Add wi-fi to those and it'd be a killer remote...as long as I choose when it connects and it's not constantly wasting my batteries.
Enter channel numbers? With a touchscreen, you set up channel icons and let the remote remember the channel numbers.