[MIJBFAN]

From his Fontana press conference:

DID YOU GO TO THE (NBC-TV SHOW) OFFICE YESTERDAY? "No, I went to see my buddy, Muscles, and where he works at DirecTV. And man, I had a meeting with him about where the numbers are on the remote (control unit). I think they should change it (laughter). Do ya'll have DirecTV? You know where the numbers are at the bottom of the remote, and you have to hold it kind of funny and it's very uncomfortable and awkward. And when you hold a normal remote, you want the numbers up in the middle. Ya'll got to help me man. Muscles is not hearing me. He thinks I'm joking, but I'm serious. I feel like he needs to offer a remote for those people like me who want the numbers up in the middle. Maybe if you guys (the media) write about it, they'll hear. It's a travesty. It is. You change the channel by the numbers and everybody goes to the numbers. They put them down at the bottom and my thumb can't get down there and I drop the remote a lot. It's terrible."

 

[PoitNarf]

Sounds like he doesn't know about guide surfing, just like those nascar guys usually don't know how to make a right turn. I have no problems holding the remote and hitting the number buttons on the bottom of it with my thumb, and I've certainly never dropped it. Maybe it's all those hours of holding a steering wheel, messing up his hands...

 

[MLBurks]

I only use the numbers about 10% of the time. Most of my surfing is through the guide. But when I do use the numbers (usually to go directly to FNC or an XM channel), I never drop the remote though I do have to re-grip it.

 

[braven]

I use the numbers all the time and at first the location of them on the remote seemed odd, but now I'm used to it. I don't think I've ever "dropped" the remote due to the number location.