The ability to use your iPhone or iPod touch to control your U-verse TV with a full-featured, intuitive U-verse remote control with channel, guide, DVR, interactive app and on-demand controls, now available on the U-verse App for iPhone and iPod touch.

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Nintendo TVii intends to streamline the experience further, casting aside your cable box remote for built-in channel guides and DVR programming (coffee table's starting to look pretty sparse, eh?).

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We noticed the change after our Motorola DVR got an update that also made the name of a channel appear under the number when typed in from the remote.

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You'll need a device with an IR blaster to adjust the TV channel or volume, with the app serving as a touchscreen remote.

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With Smart Remote, users can easily discover new TV shows and movies, and change the channel directly from the tablet.

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The touchscreen itself supports both taps and swipes as well as up to 50 customizable channel icons, and the box lists both online setup and on-remote customization as features.

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It's a hassle, and it gets old quickly after you've installed your fourth or fifth channel -- even typing in login information using the on-screen keyboard and remote would be simpler than having to hit a browser every five minutes.

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The Info button on the remote brings it forward whenever you want, and an abridged version of it is displayed every time you change the channel.

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