Bought a $20 Roku remote for my parents and it fixed their "broken" TV in 5 minutes
Everyone keeps saying to just buy a new smart TV when the old one acts up, but the real problem was a $20 remote with dead volume buttons confusing my dad into thinking the whole set was shot. I drove to their place in Sacramento, swapped the remote, and the TV worked fine, which felt like a rip off until I remembered the alternative was a $400 replacement. How many "dead" devices are actually just one cheap part away from working again?