the remote

I just tried to turn on the t.v. In my apartment, you have to take the remote control, press the "on/off" button, wait for all the lights to stop blinking and then press "power." This turns on the t.v. but sometimes does not turn on the cable box, so then you have to press the little "cbl" button and then press the "power" button again.

And then you have to press "guide" and you can look through the channels. If you press the "menu" button you can see a list of options and one of the options is the "DVR Show List" where you can see a list of shows that were taped on the DVR, and you can click on one of those and watch it.

And all because of this, I feel like all those people who say "get off the couch and turn the channels manually, you will burn more calories that way" can bite me.