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Recommendations for a universal TV remote? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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So...this is very tangentially related to Self Hosting, but hear me out...

We travel frequently, either for work or leisure. As a self-hoster, I always bring an Nvidia shield player on my travel bag, to connect to my Jellyfin host from whichever hotel we might be staying at, to watch at night for example.

But increasingly, this is becoming a pain in the butt. As most TVs aren't directly hooked anymore to just the antenna or the hotel's connection. No, they usually will be hooked to an Android box handling all sorts of crap, from the hotel welcoming screens to some info, to their pre-set channels. And the android remote works via HDMI-ARC to control the TV, of which they usually hide the damn OEM remote. So, if you unplug their android box to hook up your own player, you lose the TV controls. In some cases (Sony, mostly) you might be in luck finding the 3 physical buttons they include somewhere on the TV itself to navigate inputs and volume. But in some others, you might as well end up stuck in an Android app menu where you can't get out (I'm looking at you Phillips). So I think my next addition would be to get an universal remote to sort all these quirks when traveling. Anyone else went through these considerations? Any recommendations?

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[โ€“] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't this thing forbidden in some countries? As in, I might get in trouble if detected in the luggage. I'd like this to be a device I can pack in and just travel around.

[โ€“] ryokimball@infosec.pub 1 points 2 weeks ago

Some Canadian politicians made a fuss about it but walked that back. I don't know of any actual national bans, and most people aren't going to know what it is at a glance anyway. Worst I can think of is the trend of some politician events banning "flipper zeroes and raspberry pis" (which is also controversial/stupid) so maybe don't take it with you if you're business travel involves political rallies.