AND one other note! I don't buy a TV and research the remote as part of my buying experience!
kat5374 wrote:I don't buy a TV and research the remote as part of my buying experience!
When my parents were in their 80's they bought a TV without paying any attention to the remote. What they got was an "air mouse" remote. Ie: you waved it in the air and that caused the movement of a cursor on the screen and then you clicked the only button. But the system was super-sensitive – every little tremble in an 80+ year old arm would send the cursor 4 inches, and the UI consisted of little half-inch targets that you had to hit! They'd invite me over just to change channels or inputs! :smileyhappy: (And even I found it a struggle.)
You HAVE to spend quality time checking out the remote when buying a TV (unless you plan to integrate it into a system where the TV remote won't be used at all – then you have to make sure you have compatible control codes.)
If over the air TV is important to you, you might prefer a generic TV (the "dumber" the better in my opinion) with one or more devices such as Rokus attached.
StregaGood reply. The thing people see first is price. A TCL Roku TV or an ONN Roku TV (entry level) can be purchased for $100-300. That’s all people see. What they don’t understand is the term “Roku”. I bought a 32” 1080p TCL Roku TV for my master bedroom. It was only $200. Hard to beat that price. But it’s perfect. I watch my YouTube TV and other channels. But in my living room I have a 65” 4K HDR TCL Roku TV.
I am happy with our Roku TV but our tenants recently bought a Roku TV and are frustrated that they can't directly access antenna channels with a universal remote. They are Hispanic and very attached to Univision and Telemundo etc. Since they are used to getting those channels with ease on their old TV, even a number like 44.2 was accessible by entering "44" on their remote. At first I thought finding a keypad with a decimal point would help them. No. I have shown them some workarounds, like a favorites group. But we can't directly access the antenna channels without some, or a lot of, scrolling
