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Function101 Offering Alternative Apple TV Remote Control for $30
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This is an IR remote and as Apple decided not to code the Home button functions to IR you lose out on some functions.
I would pay Apple $50 for an optional bluetooth remote with a dpad and some extra buttons for functions.
I would pay Apple $50 for an optional bluetooth remote with a dpad and some extra buttons for functions.
Apple is interested in integrating with existing entertainment hardware I think, hence the basic controls were always accessible with other remotes. But you are right, never say never!
Nothing beats the crap mouse the first iMac shipped with. But this is close for sure.
Best Buy and Walmart both carry the One for All Streaming remote for $24.99. Also controls a sound bar and TV.
I don’t know if it’s any good, I’ve never used one.
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I don’t know if it’s any good, I’ve never used one.
Streamer Remote
Control your Streaming box, TV and Audio. The only real replacement remote for your Streaming Device with the extra of functionality you always missed with your original remote.
FYI, if your ATV/TV/AVR are all hooked up and working with ARC (i.e., where the remote can control the volume "through" the Apple TV), then, if you're using the iPhone Remote app, the phone volume controls will actually control the ATV volume
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Yes! I treat the Apple remote like a baby making sure I dont make accidental touches or even I picked it up right. Sometimes physical buttons are better.
Of course, it doesn’t have to be one of those remotes with hundreds of tiny buttons.
The Apple TV remote is perhaps the best example I can think of as far as Apple choosing form over function. It really is trash and I hope they revamp it with the next revision of ATV.
Why in the world does someone have to like both? That makes zero sense.
Not poo-pooing on others experiences just a take on my own... but I absolutely love the Apple TV remote, it has spoiled me for all other remotes. My only complaint is its fragility... which is a pretty big complaint. You should be able to drop any remote from a meter at least and not even give a second thought about if it will be OK. Not so with the Apple remote, it bothers me a little that I have to be careful not to dop it.
The people who love the Apple TV remotes never buy couches .... there I said it 🤪
The 2019 nVidia shield series remotes are fantastic. Sadly they need to do a firmware update to fix a volume adjustment speed issue...... I get how they missed it for certain home theatre receivers, but man it’s annoying.
In regards to the Apple TV remote, nothing screams form over function like having to search the couch twice a day for a remote, having picked up the remote upside down in the dark just to watch the OSD come up and move the play head to a part of a show that spoils the episode, and how we didn’t get a find my remote function in tvOS is well beyond my scope of understanding.
The Apple TV is due for a refresh, I hope the same “listening to our customers” department they had with the 16” MacBook Pro got to invade the remote design department at Apple.
The 2019 nVidia shield series remotes are fantastic. Sadly they need to do a firmware update to fix a volume adjustment speed issue...... I get how they missed it for certain home theatre receivers, but man it’s annoying.
In regards to the Apple TV remote, nothing screams form over function like having to search the couch twice a day for a remote, having picked up the remote upside down in the dark just to watch the OSD come up and move the play head to a part of a show that spoils the episode, and how we didn’t get a find my remote function in tvOS is well beyond my scope of understanding.
The Apple TV is due for a refresh, I hope the same “listening to our customers” department they had with the 16” MacBook Pro got to invade the remote design department at Apple.
It took me 3 months to realize my new 4K TVs remote can control the Apple TV by default. It was such a pleasant surprise, no more holding it upside down or it getting lost in the couch
I wrote my whole reply and there you go summing up my thoughts in 2 sentences 🤣
Really, the Apple Remote has two major issues:
1 - It gets lost all the time. If it had a little speaker and other Apple devices had a "find my remote" function, this wouldn't be as much of a problem.
2 - In the dark, you can't tell if you're touching the touch sensitive top of the remote or you're holding it upside down and you're touching the in-sensitive bottom. This could be fixed by either adding something that faintly glows in the dark or feels different when you're holding it one way or the other. Or make both ends touch sensitive and use an accelerometer or other heuristics to know which end to accept touches on and which side is in the palm and to reject touches from.
Making a remote with so many buttons seems like a step sideways, not forward.
1 - It gets lost all the time. If it had a little speaker and other Apple devices had a "find my remote" function, this wouldn't be as much of a problem.
2 - In the dark, you can't tell if you're touching the touch sensitive top of the remote or you're holding it upside down and you're touching the in-sensitive bottom. This could be fixed by either adding something that faintly glows in the dark or feels different when you're holding it one way or the other. Or make both ends touch sensitive and use an accelerometer or other heuristics to know which end to accept touches on and which side is in the palm and to reject touches from.
Making a remote with so many buttons seems like a step sideways, not forward.
I am not monolingual and I often watch movies in languages other than English. Siri is limited to the system language, so if I want to watch, "Jongens" or "Nordzee Texas" or "Alles auf Zucker" or "Juste une question d'amour" or "Die Heute Show" Siri is less than useless. That is probably why there is no Siri on the Swiss remote, because they watch movies in five languages. I can only wonder how Hispanics in the USA cope with the Apple Remote.
I keep the Apple TV remote inn a basket on the other side of the room. I can't pick it up without using it, I can't tell its orientation without looking, or turning on the lights, or accidentally using the touch pad, I can't pick it up off the table without taking my eyes off the TV screen, and I can't scrub (when I'm not doing it by accident) without going too far. It is a disaster. I use an RCA universal remote which has buttons I can find and use in the dark, and it even has a programming code for the Apple TV. Putting the Apple TV in a place that can receive IR signals is not a problem. I have been giving Apple feedback for a long time asking for an alternative remote for the Apple TV. Apple isn't listening, but at least someone is.
it used to be you could triple-tap to toggle CC. And double-tap to zoom in/out aspect ratio. But this is inconsistent across the various players.
They have those?
If they do does it interfere at all when using the trackpad part?
Exactly how I feel.
I usually watch movies on my projector in the dark, and those complicated remotes with dozens of buttons are just terrible. Just give the Apple remote a chance folks, it's great once you get used to it.
Why not program AppleTV to recognize any old IR remote you may have?
Since we have Dish network, we set a random VCR code to Aux button then taught AppleTV extra buttons, but you could use any random remote for this.
Since we have Dish network, we set a random VCR code to Aux button then taught AppleTV extra buttons, but you could use any random remote for this.
While I do agree that the touchpad is waaayyy too sensitive, even with tweaking, the best way we found to avoid the whole “which way am I holding it?” issue, is to buy the Apple Remote Loop for $12.99. It really should come with it in the box.
Honestly, I prefer the Apple TV remove over a traditional remote. Just my preference though, kind of surprised by the desire for a traditional remote still.