I prefer a TUI to play video on the computer hooked up to my tv. The video is graphical of course, but the UI is good ol' mplayer in a tmux over ssh. Unlike every other media remote, when I need to type something I can use my tablet/laptop's decent input capability instead of pushing arrow keys on a remote to select a key on the TV's on-screen keyboard (the worst UI for anything I've ever had to deal with; other than my smart speaker with 6 buttons, 3 of which when accidentally touched seem to activate special modes in which no sound is produced and the meaning of the other buttons is changed, with the only feedback being the volume stripe emitting led patterns that I believe are a reference to Close Encounters, but don't get me started on that).
