Best remote for seniors to use with ROKU?
My elderly husband has difficulty seeing the small buttons on the remote that comes with our ROKU right now (The one with Netflix, Hulu, ESPN, and Sling buttons on the bottom.) Can anyone recommend ...
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It would really help if ROKU would consider the needs of seniors and people with disabilities and develop a friendlier, less confusing remote with larger keys and print that is easier to read. These companies seem to overlook that there is a big market out there for people who need a simplified system. The best thing people can do is keep asking for it. Whether ROKU or Firestick develops it, the first will likely be the standard seniors turn to.
I am 79, disabled, and really do very much need a simpler remote with much larger keys. If AARP can offer us a Jitterbug, why can't ROKU offer us a STREAMBUG?
I am having the same issue with an LG Roku tv for my 96 year old mother. I have managed to get most of the selections after TV boot up so she only has to press ok after it turns on. That worked for awhile but now she can’t manage it. I have ordered the EasyMote which has all the buttons she needs. All the others have too many and she can’t see well enough to read what they are anyway. A previous post mentioned setting the TV to go to live TV after turn on, I don’t think hers has that option. If I can’t get the EasyMote to work, I am going to send the TV where it belongs, a dumpster (recycling) because it is of no use to her. I will replace it with a non Roku TV.
Put a suggestion into the suggrstion forum here on this website.
I wonder if a mechanical adaptation of the original remote (or any remote) would be possible.
I. E. a case that you slot the original remote into which has bigger buttons that mechanically press the original buttons, hides unnecessary buttons, has a wrist strap and back strap, etc.
I have done something like that at the other end of the age range.. I wire the 3 main remotes I need to a small smooth metal tray to stop the small people in the house loosing them into the sofa cushions etc.
