Michael,
Perhaps I am misunderstanding your question, but I'm not understanding
what bluetooth has to do with this, forgive me. Can you please clarify?
Chris.
On 12/1/2021 1:55 PM, Michael Pyron68 wrote:
Hey Chris,
Good observation. Thanks for the info. I did not realize that the Apple TV had a remote that worked in that nature. Could it be, on all these other devices, that it is a Bluetooth connection. Like yourself, I realize that the Fire TV is a battery hog. At least, in my experience. Just making an observation. Thanks again for that info. I had the Roku at one time, but I don’t think it used batteries quite as much as the fire stick. Thanks again,
Michael
On Dec 1, 2021 at 7:55 AM, <Christopher Gilland <mailto:clgilland07@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
One huge gripe I have about most streaming devices' remotes like the
Rocu, the Fire TV, etc is the way they're powered.
They usually have 2 either double A, or tripple A batteries. I know, one
may say, oh, cry me a river boo hoo hoo. It's just such a sad little
life ain't it, Chris. But really seriously, I get you can get
rechargeable batteries, or extended lifetime batteries like Inergizer,
etc, but at the end of the day, though it may take a while, I'm gonna be
brutally honest. It's not as long as you may think before they run low/dead.
For example, in my fire TV remote that came with my Toshiba Fire TV, I
think within probably a month, if that, maybe a month and a half at
most, I ran a brand new set of batteries, just torn from the pack, and
popped in the remote dead within about that time limit.
It gets really expensive having to buy batteries frequently for all my
remotes. What I don't spend in cable TV from cutting the cord, I now
make up for in buying stupid batteries.
This is one thing about the Apple TV that I absolutely love love love love!
I know at times, I've said Apple can't with some things seem to get
anything right, but I've gotta hand it to them. This is one exception
where they really did! indeed do something majorly right in my opinion.
I absolutely love the fact that the remotes have a rechargeable battery
like a phone. You just pop it on the charger when you're not using the
thing, and then you never ever have to worry about the thing running dead.
Now of corse, as anything, the battery will die eventually, yeah, I get
that, but come on! I've had my Apple TV remote now for almost 5 years,
and I've not even once yet had to replace the remote nor the battery
itself. That's way better than changing batteries every 2 or so months
in my opinion..
That said, are there any universal remotes I could get that will work
with most streaming devices which *do?* charge like the Apple TV remotes?
Chris.
