This is why I have a drawer full of antipattern design remotes (which is almost all of them really except perhaps LG Magic), and use a Logitech Harmony instead.

This is why I have a drawer full of antipattern design remotes (which is almost all of them really except perhaps LG Magic), and use a Logitech Harmony instead. Worst remote I've ever seen was a Sony, just a solid grid of tiny rubber squares with functionality arranged apparently at random, this sort of thing: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/574AAOSwevZalUBY/s-l1600.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/574AAOSwevZalUBY/s-l1600.jpg. Note the grey mode switch which changes the function of a lot of the controls. It was like Sony's engineers had an internal competition to design the most unusable remote in the industry.