Changing preset channel buttons
That would be great, im sure many users could do without a Disney button
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So I guess with the change from HBO Max to just Max that we are all sol??
I don't think so. I use some programmable remotes with which I have access to any of the potential dedicated buttons for the Roku devices. I have a button programmed for Max using an IR command that was originally established for HBO Now.
I have 5 Roku devices of varying vintage with their original remotes (that I never use) and none have a button dedicated to HBO Max, so I'm unable to verify it. But all of my devices respond to that same HBO Now code to get me directly to Max.
I posted a list of all the possible dedicated buttons on this thread back in October of 2023.
Unfortunately for me, the same relationship is not true for YouTube (the website, which has a dedicated IR code) and YouTube TV (the streaming service). YouTube TV is by far our most used app and there are no dedicated button codes for that.
Thanks, seems like I am in that situation with mine, your YouTube description, so I will have to deal with it. Shouldn't complain, 62 and I do not have to walk to the television to change channels so I guess I just got too suck it up and navigate to the menu....the horror!!!
At 79 (80 next week), I suffered through the days of "workout by channel selection".
Be sure that you organize the placement of your favorite apps so as to require the least amount of button pressing. I keep YouTube TV in the upper left corner.
It took some experimenting, but I now have a macro on my programmable remotes that will navigate from any app to YouTube TV. The unwanted "On Now" or "Recommended" selections that appear at the top of the selection screen made it more difficult, but I've finally programmed around that. Since all our other most used apps have dedicated IR commands, I have 6 buttons that go directly to those.
I always liked the simplicity of the Roku remote, and am actually kind of committed with my Roku TCL television. Just find it kind of chintzy of them to make them so static. Programmable remotes are about the same price as the Roku ones but seem to have more bang for the buck...did not want to go that route but if more buttons start to become useless, I might have to.
