Re: My computer does YouTube...
"My HDMI cable is 10m long and cost less than a tenner and has never caused an issue,"
You don't have kids or pets, do you? :-)
Seriously though, wireless remotes were invented for a reason. Treating a laptop as a glorified wired remote control is huge step backwards. Whatever the merits (or not!) of smart TVs to the El Reg audience, the average Joe just wants a smart TV to "work".