It shouldn't require a law, common courtesy ought to be enough for these companies. I've about jumped out of my skin a few times when a commercial came on really loud, with some startling music or screeching or something. I agree there are more pressing matters, but it should only take a president a couple of minutes to sign a bill unless it turns into a photo op. Congress wastes a lot of time as it is, but at least this bill will affect ALL of us, not just a certain special interest group. And ever since I can remember, WAY before there were remote controls, my dad made a kill switch that was attached to a chunk of 2 x 4 and ran with a wire to the TV that would kill the sound, so we would all sit around and yell "hit it, hit it!" to whomever had the switch as soon as a commercial came on. Tacky looking, yes, but we stopped listening to commercials a long time ago. Kind of a redneck remote control, before its time. lol I think he made one for every TV in the house. Now I sometimes turn the volume back ON to hear a particularly interesting looking commercial. :)

Yeah Mama...I noticed that, of course, after I posted the pic. I'm thinking on brand new models....the discount is like 1.9%. LOL

It seems pretty simple. If you have an iPad, iPod Touch, or iPhone you can download the Remote app from the Apple App Store which will allow you to use the device to control your Apple TV. Use a universal remote, which will also require downloading the Remote app to set up the remote. Once you have that done, the universal remote will function alone. Buy a new remote for about $20. If the only thing you use the Apple TV to do is watch Netflix, then going through Comcast would probably be easier and wouldn't require a new remote.

Actually, if the old user has 2 factor authentication enabled on the apple account used on that device, you'll have to work with them to unlock it and then perform a factory reset so that you can configure it for yourself. The original owner should have done this for you before giving it away.