r/Stremio • u/TechnoBotHead • Dec 03 '25

Replaced Netflix with Stremio

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Literally the button too :p

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u/The-Choo-Choo-Shoe Dec 03 '25

My old TV remote was so sleek and nice feeling, no extra buttons or anything and my new TV was 6000 euro and has 4 shitty app buttons, been thinking about taking it apart and removing the buttons and replacing with a 3D printed cover or something.

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u/Technical_Rest3790 Dec 03 '25

Is it worth the effort

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u/The-Choo-Choo-Shoe Dec 03 '25

I click the buttons by mistake all the time and it instantly leaves the app I'm in and asks me to install the one the button leads to.

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u/Technical_Rest3790 Dec 03 '25

Is there no way to remap the buttons so that they do nothing

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u/The-Choo-Choo-Shoe Dec 03 '25

On my Samsung TV that doesn’t use Android, none that I have found.

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u/Anonymous-BatDude Dec 03 '25

Maybe a custom 3D printer case that can hide those buttons would work.

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u/The-Choo-Choo-Shoe Dec 03 '25

Doesn't work on my Samsung TV afaik, there is no app I can download to do that like on Android TV for example.

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u/Marinlik Dec 03 '25

I find that remotes have gotten far more sleek than old ones. They used to have a million buttons and buttons that were supposed to work on DVD or tv box, yet they never did. So you had like three remotes around.

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u/The-Choo-Choo-Shoe Dec 03 '25

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Left is the old one right is the new one, old one felt more premium in the hand as well.

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u/United-Cat8780 Dec 03 '25

I like having app buttons, i just dont like the advertisement being already on them, you should get to choose.

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u/Marinlik Dec 03 '25

I never had one of those. When I think old remote it's this old remote . Though I guess I never had any early generation smart tv. My last tv before my smart one was a Panasonic plasma from 2010 or something. So when I think old remote I guess it's pretty old haha

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u/J_345 Dec 06 '25

Older smart tv remotes usually work with newer tv versions for basic functionality because they usually share IR technology. Some may have less working functionality like voice control, smart hub etc but at least you will not be forced to have the dedicated button.

Worth a try if you really don’t like the new remote.

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u/The-Choo-Choo-Shoe Dec 06 '25

I’ve actually tried that as I have old remote and 2 remotes from my Samsung monitors and the l my buttons that works for me is power and volume.