This is great! But what if your mum watches DVDs too? My mum was also born around 1931 and finds modern technology befuddling. She still uses a rotary phone. If she wants to watch a DVD she has to get the neighbour to come over and set it up for her, returning later so that she can go back to watching TV.

I think as geeks we really need to lead the charge towards a standardized remote. Each of us has at least three of the things taking up space on the coffee table. Even if companies want to make their own surely they could at least agree on the shape, size and placement of buttons such as Power, Mute, Menu, Play, etc. We have standardized phone keypads and keyboards. Isn't it long past due for remotes?