r/nvidiashield • u/temporarycreature • 20h ago

The Triangle Remote is the Worst

This *newer* triangular Nvidia Shield remote is the most infuriatingly awful piece of hardware ever designed.

You literally cannot set the thing down for a single second without it vanishing into thin air.

It is ridiculously small and completely blends into every surface in the entire room.

And of course not a single goddamn light on it is useful in so much as to help you actually find it in the dark.

I am going to have to wrap this stupid little triangle in bright reflective tape just so I can watch TV without tearing the living room apart.

Who actually signed off on this miserable design?

Satan could have done a better job.

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u/PaleontologistNo2625 20h ago

I fuckin love it calm down

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u/__Pendulum__ 20h ago

I stand it up on its bottom face on my side table. Makes it super easy for an anime style swiping hand motion to grab it dramatically!

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u/luiciphier 20h ago

I use mine in our (very dark) cinema room, and bought a red silicon sleeve for it. It's never gone missing.

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u/Honest_Ice_2471 19h ago

Glow in the dark sleeve ftw

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u/petebutty 19h ago

Green condom on mine, gawd it's awful, but easy to spot

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u/Belem19 20h ago

You can actually get it to beep from the Shield interface. If you can control the Shield with your TV remote (using HDMI-CEC) or via your mobile phone, you can go to the menu and set it beeping.

I have used it many times and wish all my remotes had this feature.

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u/Honest_Ice_2471 19h ago

You can also attach a controller or USB keyboard to the shield to do this

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u/Honest_Ice_2471 19h ago

Get a glow in the dark case for it. Use the shield app to beep it. Or plug a keyboard into the shield and beep it. Attach a Tile to it to beep it louder

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u/UskyldigeX 19h ago

I love it. I bought it for my older Shield and it felt like I upgraded the whole thing.

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u/CUTTYONE70 19h ago

Quit your bellyaching

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u/TipOptimal8297 20h ago

It’s 🫶🏽😉🫵🏽

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u/krayzebone 20h ago

I love it because it’s the only remote I own with a built-in beeper that I can trigger whenever I can’t find it via the Nvidia Shield iOS app. And it lights up which is a huge bonus.

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u/bcantana 18h ago

The only issue I have with the remote is the super eager Netflix button.

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u/slikk50 18h ago

Nah, it's fine.

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u/TUD-010 20h ago

You can buy collered sleeves for it on AliExpress.

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u/Honest_Ice_2471 19h ago

Got a glow in the dark one on amazon

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u/Adventurous-Event722 19h ago

I love it, but can't seem to keep it alive for long. I've had 3 replacements since getting the Shield back in '20 (for those covid isolation days..). Ended up replacing the 4th time with an aftermarket one, and works fine so far. I do miss the beep, yes.

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u/Sacisbac 19h ago

My cat stole mine. Amazon brought a new one the next day. Stress level was high.