The red, green, yellow and blue buttons vary depending on the model or brand of the TV
April 25, 2024, 9:45 p.m.
Updated April 26, 2024, 10:25
A few days ago we published a news story focused on that green and orange circle that you can see at the top of your phone. Thus, what is a mystery for many is a simple question to solve, since these points are related to the use in the background of aspects such as microphonethe camera wave location. And, in line with this technological mystery, today we bring you another one that has also generated quite a few doubts in recent years: What are the colored buttons on the remote for?
As the colleagues at XTK Smart Home point out in a recent publicationthe most important thing is to know that they are not about decorative objects, but quite the opposite: they have a very specific function. In the beginning, they were related to Teletext, the information tool that was born in the 70s and allowed users to know aspects related to the weather, news or television programming. But, over the years and the arrival of the Internet, these buttons have come to have a function diametrically opposite.
Its usefulness depends on the brand and model.
Thus, as our French colleagues indicate, the colored buttons have come to have a second Life thanks to the arrival of the internet and the network connectivity of smart televisions. In this way, although their use varies depending on the brand and model, the majority of these buttons have been diversified and, consequently, they have begun to use specific functions far from its beginnings related to the streaming contentbrowser search and more.
So, for example, the yellow buttons on Philips televisions help to manage your favorite channels while the greens do the same to show channel number. In Sony’s, in turn, most are intended for web browsing: alternating between upper and lower case, deleting characters and more. Therefore, since they are no longer useful for teletext, these buttons are focused on squeezing more modern features. So, if you are curious, we invite you to provesince only then will you be able to discover what use they have on your TV.
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