REMOTE CONTROLS

We have so many remote controls in the house now it is crazy - remotes for TV's, DVDs, Blue Rays, Digi Boxes, satellite TV, music systems etc etc etc

All these remotes and none of them have the same terminology or lay out.  On one of our digital TV boxes the EPG button does the same as the Guide button on another.  In the first, it is in the top left hand corner and in the second it is in the second last row second in from the left.

I have tried one of these - multi remote gadgets but to be honest.....it didn't work, I couldn't remember if the blue button had to be pressed for the TV or the DVD, or whether th red button set it to control the Sat box or the music system, in the end it was easier to go to the gadget and work it directly!

Why can't the manufacturers get together and agree a standard wording on them and a standard positioning of the keys.   Every time a new gadget comes into the house I have to organise a training course for Mrs Moaning Old Git who always ends up telling me where to shove the remote!

LETS SIMPLIFY THE REMOTES, IAM RUNNING OUT OF STORAGE SPACE FOR THEM ALL