Do you use a remote to change the channel or do you do it manually?

I cant even remember the last time I did not use a remote. It was probably before I met my husband he is the remote king LOL.

LOL, I will have to say I will spend the 10 minutes to find the remote than to change the channel on the tv, it isnt like it was in the olden days and we have alot more channels to get through on the tv, vs using the remote, plus with our cable it tells us on screen what is on each channel so you dont have to wait for the commerical to get over to find out what is on.... technology, gotta love it!! LOL

I always use the remote. Its more convenient, even though some may say it is lazy, but thats the point. Plus I have a really old tv that makes life interesting if I try to change it manually. I lost the remote once and tried. I tried to change the channel, and the volume went up. So, logically, I went to turn the volume up and the tv turned off! I pressed it again, and nothing happened. Finally, I went back to hunting down the remote!

If I were in that situation I would have done the same thing that your aunt did. Loosing the remote control is not the end of the world. But the remote makes life so easy for us. I would really hate to be in a situation where I would loose the remote.

funny, how times have changed everyone one is so dependent on technology. Though, I can't say much, I am a remote person myself. I can get up to change a channel if I need to, but for some unknown reason I would rather spend my time searching the house for the remote, than to walk to the tv and satilite box and bend over to change the channel.

I always use the remote. It's just easier to push two buttons to type in the channel number for the channel you want, rather than walk across the room and hit the buttons over and over and over again until you reach the channel you want to watch. Sure, it may be lazy but it does save time. And, I for one hate the constant click click click sound the TV buttons make when you push them.

Well when i actually watch tv I use the remote but not cuz of laziness its because if I did it manually by the time i got through all the channels to the one I wanted the show would be long over and my finger would probably be cramped up.

That is very true. The lost remote can cause a crisis on an epic scale. I remember when I was a kid, when we only had six channels that I used a long bamboo fishing net pole to change the channel.

I uh, change the channel with the remote control. I live to search for the remote, which always seems to come up missing when I want to change the channel. I would rather dig around and hunt it then walk to the tv and change the channel manually. I know that's silly. I actually remember having a tv you had to change by the knob because it didn't have a remote....I don't know how we ever survived it. I do know that my brother and I were my dad's remotes for years.

I always use the remote. I feel quite lost without it. Even if the TV is just a few feet away from me I still feel a need to use it.