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You had me at: > Remember when channel changes on TVs were instantaneous? There's nothing less satisfying than smushing down those rubbery remote control butt

You had me at: > Remember when channel changes on TVs were instantaneous? There's nothing less satisfying than smushing down those rubbery remote control buttons for an extra 2000 to 4000 milliseconds to change the channel. Don't get me started on entering the wrong channel numbers. That gives me PTSD.

rohan1024 6y ago
What's worst is the black screen in between the channel switch. If you used to watch TV with your lights off, you now stop doing that.
thewebcount 6y ago
Yeah, I remember when that first started happening, and I agree it was really frustrating. The funny thing is that I no longer channel surf, so I no longer hit this. I realized the other day that I haven't watched cable TV in a long time. My TiVo is empty and has been for a long time, but I watch TV every night using streaming devices instead.
- phone8675309 6y ago
  > The funny thing is that I no longer channel surf The cynical side of my brain feels that this is exactly what TV stations and show producers wanted. If it's fast and easy to spin the dial and maybe stop on a competitor (and more importantly, watch their ads instead of yours) then you have to put our quality product and not annoy the customer with as many loud and irritating ads, which means that you don't make as much money from the content that bookends your ads.
daxfohl 6y ago
The worst is they "fixed" it with "digital knobs" now. But due to anti-glitching logic, they are still not as responsive as you want and annoying to use. Especially volume controls.
- formerly_proven 6y ago
  There's nothing quite as annoying as having to use the cheapest rotary encoder, that already feels like shit, but the firmware is also polling it incredibly slowly, and is debouncing it incorrectly, and it probably bounces like hell, so not only does it feel bad to use it, but it actually doesn't work half the time and goes a step or two in the wrong direction, even if you spin it evenly into the other. These things are like these fake volume controls reddit made up.
thehappypm 6y ago
This is my new favorite "first world problem".

rohan1024 6y ago

What's worst is the black screen in between the channel switch. If you used to watch TV with your lights off, you now stop doing that.

thewebcount 6y ago

Yeah, I remember when that first started happening, and I agree it was really frustrating. The funny thing is that I no longer channel surf, so I no longer hit this. I realized the other day that I haven't watched cable TV in a long time. My TiVo is empty and has been for a long time, but I watch TV every night using streaming devices instead.

phone8675309 6y ago
> The funny thing is that I no longer channel surf The cynical side of my brain feels that this is exactly what TV stations and show producers wanted. If it's fast and easy to spin the dial and maybe stop on a competitor (and more importantly, watch their ads instead of yours) then you have to put our quality product and not annoy the customer with as many loud and irritating ads, which means that you don't make as much money from the content that bookends your ads.

daxfohl 6y ago

The worst is they "fixed" it with "digital knobs" now. But due to anti-glitching logic, they are still not as responsive as you want and annoying to use. Especially volume controls.

formerly_proven 6y ago
There's nothing quite as annoying as having to use the cheapest rotary encoder, that already feels like shit, but the firmware is also polling it incredibly slowly, and is debouncing it incorrectly, and it probably bounces like hell, so not only does it feel bad to use it, but it actually doesn't work half the time and goes a step or two in the wrong direction, even if you spin it evenly into the other. These things are like these fake volume controls reddit made up.

thehappypm 6y ago

This is my new favorite "first world problem".