I’m clearly doing it wrong because they just don’t seem to believe that they won’t be missing out on their regular programs, many of which they can also access on apps they already have. But they would rather keep watching DirecTV for $120 a month. I’m worn out

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    I did this almost completely except for PBS and Peacock because they have everything else already. Anything that’s different and they get deflated because they just want what they are used to

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      The question I would have at this point is how much of a change was it? For example, all their channels right now are coming through service, so that means one remote and effectively one graphical interface.

      So under the new system with everything coming through one graphical interface? Or how many different systems would this entail? How many times would they have to change input? As a person gets older having to deal with multiple inputs, possibly even multiple remotes can be more headache than it is worth.

      I don’t know what the age of your parents are, but with my mom she’s over 70, she knows the sound systems makes TV shows and movies sound much better, but all the extra remotes and changing of inputs, etc. it’s too much for her.

      I don’t know what the age of your parents are, but with my mom she’s over 70, she knows the sound systems makes TV shows and movies sound much better, but all the extra remotes and changing of inputs, etc. she just it’s too much for her no idea of why this got duplicated

      again, I don’t know what the age of your parents are so I’m not sure if that would be a problem or not? But it is something I’m curious on is how many different interfaces/systems and remotes are they having to deal with when you put them over on the new system?

      Also, sometimes even without age people are just going, give me one system, integrated into one interface, give me one remote and just let me view the shows.

      Sorry if I sound like I’m arguing against you I do apologize if I sound that way. I’m just curious what your responses are , And if it turns out that it is a number of remotes, it might be something I think about.

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        They are 77. I set everything up to run through the smart tv interface (I know I know, but it’s easiest for them). They use the TV remote to choose either the DirecTV input, or whichever app they want to watch. (The sound outputs via ARC to the audio receiver).

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          Perhaps using an aggregator like Plex to have all the app content in one place, rather than spread across apps?

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          You’ve already done all you can.

          Maybe it’s more complicated then they want. Maybe they just don’t want to change. Not much else you can do.