I think TV remotes started pretty early. I do remember having TVs that didn't have them in the 80s though. The action economy of having to get up to change every little thing sucked, especially given how shitty the reception of TV antennas was. It's wild that the wifi card in my computer can theoretically suck down gigabytes per second when back in the day my TV couldn't even handle a maybe 240p broadcast without static, screen tearing, inconsistent audio, and generally looking like shit.
boomers were the OG "generation that doesn't read" because they were the first to grow up on TV. pretty sure most of em still don't read
They grew up on TV but never figured out which remote does what
Well when they started watcjing them a TV was a giant wooden box with a tiny black and white screen and like 2 channels and TV remotes didn't exist.
I think TV remotes started pretty early. I do remember having TVs that didn't have them in the 80s though. The action economy of having to get up to change every little thing sucked, especially given how shitty the reception of TV antennas was. It's wild that the wifi card in my computer can theoretically suck down gigabytes per second when back in the day my TV couldn't even handle a maybe 240p broadcast without static, screen tearing, inconsistent audio, and generally looking like shit.
sounds to me like they need to get with the times
To be fair TV remotes are absolutely indecipherable these days- I had to ask my folks what button to turn on the TV.
And if you lose the tiny little fucking remote with 8 buttons on it, a 70 button universal remote can only figure out how to map 6 of those buttons
Ok boomer
They read Tom Clancy chud power fantasies.