The Wii U gamepad had this functionality. It was pretty handy for the reasons you describe. https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13

The Wii U gamepad had this functionality. It was pretty handy for the reasons you describe. https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1358/~/tv-remote-function-overview https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/... What TVs should be adding, though, is Wiimote functionality. Build the IR array into the bezel and let me point the remote to select something with a cursor, with arrow keys as a fallback if I'm lazy.