Is it just me or do new TV remote just not work

BrokenArrows

I used to have this old tv with a remote that worked great. you could point the remote out the window and it would still change the channel. You could have your arm slung over the couch arm, remote in hand pointed at the floor. No need to move the remote would still change the channel.

But the last two new tv's that ive had the remotes suck beyone belief. Its like the technology behind tv remotes has declined or they are actively trying to stop us changing channel.

The tv's that i have now seem to work from only one angle on a good day. Half the time im walking around the room pressing the same button over and over pointing it at the direction of the tv in every possible angle.

And no it does not need new batteries.

Has anyone else noticed this and could anyone explain this.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Have you tried changing the batteries?

BrokenArrows

And no it does not need new batteries.

read!

DonkeyStyle \o/

Seriously though... I've noticed some big differences between remotes alright.
I got a universal remote last year... it's amazing compared to my other remotes... I could change the channel while holding it the wrong way around.
Solution: Get a universal remote. (and change the battery)

THEZAPPA

yeh i totally agree!
im forever trying to change the channel.
i have to move around the room,i have probely lost some weight from doing so,instead of watching tv im walking around the room changing the channel!

funny looking if you ask me!!!

BrokenArrows

ya i have a uni remote for one of the portable tv's and it works great.

Makes ya think its a big conspiracy to make people go out and buy more remotes even though the one that they got with the tv should be working perfectly.

Do the people that make the remotes with the tv's just put them together and not test them.

DonkeyStyle \o/

I think with a lot of remotes it's form over function... like they design the electronics first and then make a funky-looking shell for it... as a result the IR bulb/transmitter/whatever is more surrounded by solid plastic.
This universal remote I was talking about is a cheap looking thing, the IR bulb sits outside of the casing, I guess it allows the remote to send IR light in more directions than if it were further back into the housing... peeping out through a red/brown plastic window.

THEZAPPA

well it keeps me fit,ha!
i find it annoying as hell ive probely got three remotes here and none work so i dont bother buying anymore!
waste of money......
they want us to get really pissed off and go out and then not bother with tv...
it will never work i love tv too much like the sister i never had!!!!!!

Mossy Monk

my Sky+ remote works when holding it backwards, pointing at the ceiling, out the window. the hours of fun to be had. i'm going back to my remote

Rovi

Another vote for the 'One For All' universal type. Ours works anywhere in the room, even from behind the furniture.

I turned on the telly one morning to find the volume turned up full. Turns out the phone rang the previous evening, and my Mum tried to turn the volume down to answer it. The problem was, her eyesight isn't the best and she had the remote the wrong way around.
So, having turned the volume up as high as it would go, she had to shout to her sister on the other end of the line to hold on as she battled her way through a wall of noise to hit the power button on the telly.
I was informed the following morning that there was something wrong with the television.

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Kingsize

my mother bought a replacement tv remote in powercity
-sometimes it switches on the gas fire!!!

Megatron

What you want is the old ( well it's 8 years old now) Casio remote control watches.

I still have one somewhere in my room, and while it worked it was very handy ... Always had fun during a match in the pub .. start messing with the volume and turning the tv off as a team goes to score a goal , only ever got thrown out of one pub as well .

The other is a normenda , well it's a video but it has all the controlls ( apart from power ) on the remote. However the video itself is alive. Myself and my best mate are convinced that if we dance around like prats ( trying to get the poxy thing to work from different angles) as in entertaining the video it will then entertain us.
On a few occasions the remote would ONLY work if i used it sitting in a particular chair ( we even moved the chair , just to check).

Freaky stuff :eek:

THEZAPPA

sure a few years ago i had the best remote money could buy,you could be at the top of the road (at least 50 houses away)and change the channel and it would work.......oh how i miss it!

unfortuately,my little brother dropped it down the toilet(little brat)(but i love him)

i lost my best friend.............ha

Megatron

THEZAPPA wrote:

unfortuately,my little brother dropped it down the toilet(little brat)(but i love him)

So the remote became "Sh1te" overnight ?

sorry i was just taking the p1ss ..

damm it done it again


/gets jacket

THEZAPPA

Megatron wrote:

So the remote became "Sh1te" overnight ?

sorry i was just taking the p1ss ..

damm it done it again


/gets jacket

ha,yeh it did and i loss my best friend!!

BrianD3

Yes, I've noticed this. My Panasonic widescreen has an OK but very fragile remote and I'm already on my 2nd one.

Also have a new Toshiba TV with a crap remote it only works within 10 feet and you have to press the buttons really hard. The most infuriating thing is the volume control which only goes down in steps. If you want to change the volume you must keep pressing and releasing the button rather than just holding it down.

Samsung DVD player - rubbish remote. A bit like the Toshiba except the buttons are smaller.
Sony TV and stereo remotes - quite good. TV remote is around 12 years old and still works perfectly and doesn't make me want to smash it.

I don't like the universal remotes that I've used. I find the buttons go all "squidgy" after only a few month's use.