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aquovayesterday at 3:01 PM3 repliesview on HN

To be fair, I remember visiting my aunt's house in the mid-2000s, who had a surround sound set up her husband had set up. It required three or four remotes to work and no one but him could ever get it working. I think UX has forgotten a few generations by now.


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mrigheleyesterday at 3:33 PM

Has anybody ever been able to program a VCR ?

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criddellyesterday at 4:55 PM

In theory, HDMI CEC should solve a lot of those problems. Unfortunately it only introduced another buggy layer.

lou1306yesterday at 3:10 PM

But that was the niche, "elite" experience. Today, a "smart TV" is the norm.