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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by weaksauce on Friday April 14, 2017 @09:26PM (#14118807)
to be fair, the apple tv remote is fantastic and it's better than any other remote i have used for the common features. (i do wish it had a tv power button though since it can actuate the volume but i guess they wanted to go with the standard that shuts down the tv when you shut off the apple tv if your tv supports it)
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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by MBCook on Friday April 14, 2017 @09:47PM (#14118869)
Really? The TiVo peanut is still the best I've used. The ability to scrub with the Apple remote is really nice and Siri can be useful but the shape is a disaster and I really miss physical buttons for moving around the interface.
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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by dsacco on Saturday April 15, 2017 @10:29AM (#14120843)
I have both, and vastly prefer my AppleTV. Using voice or my iPhone keyboard to search is a game changing experience.
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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by peregrine on Friday April 14, 2017 @09:59PM (#14118908)
I've got just the apple support document for you! https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205225 If your TV supports HDMI features you will only ever need one remote.
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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by weaksauce on Sunday April 16, 2017 @05:58PM (#14127768)
I have a cheap and old tv that doesn't have that hdmi feature is the problem. to be fair, the tv is kinda off brand and doesn't have any mapping in those "universal" remotes so I have to keep the original remote around if I want to turn it off and on with it. kinda a pain.
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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by MBCook on Friday April 14, 2017 @11:20PM (#14119178)
Sadly there's no way to disable having it power the TV off without also disabling the ability to control the TVs volume.
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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by millstone on Saturday April 15, 2017 @12:43AM (#14119433)
If you haven't yet, check your TV settings. My Samsung has a buried option "Auto Turn Off" under HDMI. Disabling this prevents the AppleTV from turning off the TV.
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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by dogma1138 on Saturday April 15, 2017 @08:37AM (#14120478)
Yes there is you should have HDMI CEC settings somewhere depends on the TV you can set what exactly is passed and is it bi-directional or not. At the least CEC power is available on virtually every appliance I've seen.
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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by saagarjha on Saturday April 15, 2017 @04:10AM (#14119884)
Funny, at times my Apple TV seems to do just that…though in my case it's probably just a bug.
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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by tinus_hn on Sunday April 16, 2017 @12:01PM (#14126225)
For some TVs the power off signal is sent using infrared, surprisingly.
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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by akvadrako on Saturday April 15, 2017 @04:28AM (#14119924)
It works for me; they are separate settings.
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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by jes5199 on Friday April 14, 2017 @10:21PM (#14118987)
maybe so but this is the age of Netflix so remotes don't matter
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