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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

My parents still have cable. The buttons are backlit, they turn on when you pick it up and turn off when you set it down. There's also a mic button you can hold down and talk to input text by voice instead of typing on a virtual keyboard with a dpad. Not rechargeable but two AAs last for a year so why bother with a battery that eventually fails and renders the remote useless?

Even basic remotes are pretty clever now

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Well, reading all the answers makes me realize that there might have been a kind of evolution when it comes to TV remotes. I just didn't come across back lit remotes when I saw them with people in my social circle. Maybe my people just don't have the latest TV set.