On December 29, 2019 at 12:10, Ernie Gilman said...
The complete lack of model numbers in this post guarantees that very little progress can be made here.
"I have a problem with my TV."
"Oh, okay. What TV is it?"
"It's the one in my bedroom."
How can this conversation move forward?
Just stating the TV size will help pin things down. If that bedroom TV is a 19," I'd easily believe it had zero discretes, so the problem would be choice of the wrong model. If that bedroom TV is a 65," then there's a HUGE problem with that particular brand and that year's catalog of models.
OK, but is there really a good reason for them to avoid using discretes on all models? I don't believe it costs so much that they won't use a different IR controller when a 55" can be bought for $199 at retail. Charge the extra freaking dollar!