TV Trouble

The rise of simplistic design is within technology is a trend that has seemed to take over the market.  Though most of us enjoy the easy to use technology, there are some issues with having this design.  A great example of this can be found in my living room with my Vizio television.  The tv looks great, functions perfectly fine and has great visuals but can only be turned on if you have the remote.  There are no buttons on the tv at all which leads for issues if you were to ever lose the remote or the remote batteries die.  There is almost no design flaw when it comes to the quality of the television as it works perfectly, however there is a design function with the usability of the television.

Most individuals would resort to looking somewhere along the bottom of the television thanks to our mental model of tv's, but wouldn't find anything with my tv.  Using our mental models of products allows us to interact with things based off our past interaction with a similar product.  This issue with the tv isn't a terrible issue and can be easily taken care of without changing anything, but making some changes would create a better user experience.  By adding a few buttons to the tv, the usability of the product will increase and less errors (or attitudes) will arrise for the product.