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Re:Sony launches universal remote control with e-ink screen by spdegabrielle on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @12:43PM (#11111639)
Apart from your aircon - how many people have more than 2-3 IR remotes (TV, PVR & DVD)

TV is dead. IR remotes are awful - but good enough.

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Re:Sony launches universal remote control with e-ink screen by spdegabrielle on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @01:47PM (#11112144)
And no-one looks at the remote when changing channels.
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Re:Sony launches universal remote control with e-ink screen by mhb on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @02:01PM (#11112257)
No one changes channels any more.
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Re:Sony launches universal remote control with e-ink screen by intopieces on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @02:39PM (#11112548)
The top pay-TV providers account for 94.0 million subscribers [0]. Unless they're all turning on their sets and settling for whatever happens to come up, many people are changing channels.

[0]http://www.leichtmanresearch.com/press/111615release.html

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Re:Sony launches universal remote control with e-ink screen by btgeekboy on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @03:14AM (#11116183)
I think what the parent comment is saying is that channel surfing is no longer common. For me, it basically died out when we switched from ~100 analog cable channels to a zillion coming in over a STB that takes forever to change from channel 10 to 11, and then to 12...
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