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Re:Disappointed with the TVs at CES 2025 by VTimofeenko on Thursday January 09, 2025 @08:48PM (#42651680)
Are there 3rd party remotes for these TVs? Or is the problem that there is not even a general "pause" command now?

I got an old TCL(don't get me started) and when the original remote died I got a noname IR thing that is even capable of switching to a custom channel.

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Re:Disappointed with the TVs at CES 2025 by sebazzz on Friday January 10, 2025 @12:52AM (#42652965)
> Are there 3rd party remotes for these TVs? Or is the problem that there is not even a general "pause" command now

At least on my LG C1 my old Logitech Harmony still does a good job.

Note though that the native remote uses Bluetooth or since other radio technology and the Harmony uses infrared.

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Re:Disappointed with the TVs at CES 2025 by PhiSchle on Friday January 10, 2025 @01:56AM (#42653300)
Third party remotes do work on most TVs, I use a Nvidia Shield Remote on my TCL over bluetooth for example. I cannot however turn the TV on using that remote. Having a dedicated Play/Pause Button is still worth it however.
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