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It's my birthday, and I want the upscaling, the single platform, the flexibility (sailing the high seas), but it's soooo old. $200? IDK

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[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I bought one of these in 2016 and it's still going strong. I've since bought 2 more (and the modern remote for the old one), and they're fantastic.

[-] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

What kind of remote? My dog decided it was time for mine to be retired.

[-] Schmeckinger@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

The triangular prism shaped one. Take normal batteries instead of coin cells and doesn't have the annoying slider. And the netflix button can be remapped with a app.

[-] iamanurd@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

It would be the perfect remote if it didn’t have that damned Netflix button that I always accidentally press. I bought an app to disable it on the shield pro in my family room, but it won’t work on the newer cylindrical shield in my bedroom for some reason.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah it seems like with every system update, the remapping reverts. I kinda just gave up on it. At some point I'll probably crack it open and physically disable the button, but I'm not that motivated yet

[-] Schmeckinger@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I have the 2017 version and there it works. Its so nice to have, since I have 3 apps bound to that button.

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