I mean the Netflix, Amazon, Sling and Google buttons.
It really annoys me if I'm watching something and accidentally hit one of those instead of Rewind.
I can get to the channels I use easily enough with Home and a couple of arrows, but if I just want to catch a bit of dialogue I missed and hit one by mistake all of a sudden it's exiting whatever I'm watching and it's firing up Sling (usually that's the one I hit by mistake).
IMO It was a poor design choice to put these buttons on the remote in the first place. Despite it being thicker I much prefer the old 2XS remote which I still use on one of my TVs..
So far I've found 2 suggestions on other forums around the internet.
1: Just put tape over them
2: Take the remote apart and and literally destroy the contacts on the circuit board for those buttons..
I don't want to do EITHER of those things. Having the ability to reprogram them would be nice. I could reprogram them to NULL or to just Rewind or maybe even to Volume and Power for my TV. Then I wouldn't need two remotes just to watch TV.
I hope Roku got paid well by those 4 companies because it seems to be more of an annoyance than a benefit to customers.
In fact I even discovered some models have a button for Rdio which I never even heard of and is apparently a defunct company so the button is useless now anyway.
"somebody" wrote:
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So far I've found 2 suggestions on other forums around the internet.
1: Just put tape over them
2: Take the remote apart and and literally destroy the contacts on the circuit board for those buttons..
I don't want to do EITHER of those things. Having the ability to reprogram them would be nice. I could reprogram them to NULL or to just Rewind or maybe even to Volume and Power for my TV. Then I wouldn't need two remotes just to watch TV.
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"jeffrok" wrote:
Sickening? Like you're sickened by it?
Get a different remote.
"Emissary35" wrote:"jeffrok" wrote:
Sickening? Like you're sickened by it?
Get a different remote.
Why should anyone have to purchase a different remote when they already paid 50 to 100 bucks for a Roku that already comes with a remote? Suggesting 'Get a different remote' is absurd, why should anyone have to pay for a separate remote because of their dissatisfaction with the preset content buttons being an annoyance? Just because Roku decided to set up the remote out of the box as a source for advertising revenue I should have to search and pay for one that's more user friendly if I don't like it? Maybe Roku can just put what's more useful for the customer first and foremost over profit.
"mikebdoss" wrote:"Emissary35" wrote:"jeffrok" wrote:
Sickening? Like you're sickened by it?
Get a different remote.
Why should anyone have to purchase a different remote when they already paid 50 to 100 bucks for a Roku that already comes with a remote? Suggesting 'Get a different remote' is absurd, why should anyone have to pay for a separate remote because of their dissatisfaction with the preset content buttons being an annoyance? Just because Roku decided to set up the remote out of the box as a source for advertising revenue I should have to search and pay for one that's more user friendly if I don't like it? Maybe Roku can just put what's more useful for the customer first and foremost over profit.
I think we're taking issue with language like "sickening" and "nauseating" . We're sorry you don't like that the remote has some buttons you don't use. But your language is kinda strong for talking about a remote control.