Why is it all about penises with you, “Wade?”

It’s “phallus” by the way, so you have little right to be hurling names at what is or is not “stupid.”

The design is clever, but would hardly fly in the current era of worshipping all things digital.

(Keep selling your souls.)

I’m afraid many are simply missing the point.

I will say, the “heart” is greatly affected and should be replaced by something less ridiculous.

It’s a remote. Not a bumper sticker touting your favorite breed of dog. Or as “Wade” might say, “I heart my face, don’t you heart it, too?”

You make very detailed criticisms of the device while knowing little or nothing of the details of its implementation. I’m not personally fond of the “B&O” school of design, which this device reminds me of, but I can think of at least a couple of ways the scroll wheel could be implemented that would entail none of the problems you suggest. Suppose the device simply lets you scroll until it displays the channel you want, then transmits the code for the desired channel when you stop scrolling? All of the things you whine about, with no factual basis, are easily dealt with in a good design.

Those who can, do. Those who can’t sit around throwing rocks at the work of those who could, and did.