Yeah, I do understand. I was just commenting on the fact of battery usage
basically. I didn’t know if the wireless protocol heading thing to do with that
or not. That’s all I was saying. Maybe I just didn’t make myself clear. Thanks
for your replies,
Michael
On Dec 1, 2021 at 1:21 PM, <Christopher Gilland
(mailto:clgilland07@xxxxxxxxx)> wrote:
As far as I'm aware, RAF/bluetooth has absolutely and totally nothing at all
to do with how to charge the remotes.
That said, I do think the Apple TV remote probably does initially connect
through some kind of wireless protocol to communicate with the TV rather than
through IR initially, but I'll leave it there, as I don't want to confuse you
further.
Thanks however for the response.
Chris.
On 12/1/2021 2:17 PM, Michael Pyron68 wrote:
Hey Chris,
Michael here.
It was just a observation. I don’t know much about this, but I just thought
maybe how you connect a device might have something to do with it. I didn’t
know if the Bluetooth connection might be an issue, but personally, I like
to use RAF. I think it actually works better, plus it don’t use as much
batteries in my opinion. Just saying. I meant to say, RF, or infrared.
I am not any type of authority on this, but just making an observation.
I remember when remote seem to last forever. Lol.
Thanks again, Michael
On Dec 1, 2021 at 1:01 PM, <Christopher Gilland
(mailto:clgilland07@xxxxxxxxx)> wrote:
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 (x-apple-data-detectors://1), 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.
