if you’ve got a Samsung telly, it integrates really excellently. Ours in the lounge, so has to pass the wife/grandparents test in terms of “user experience”….. which it does with flying colours. We now only have one simple remote (apple TV) that controls everything.
That’s (probably) not a Samsung thing, it’s a HDMI thing. HDMI-CEC pushes remote signals between devices. Pick up any of my remotes and they will control the amp volume if it’s switched on and the TV volume when the amp’s off, automagically. The amp is Yamaha and the TV Toshiba, you don’t need to stick with one manufacturer for interoperability.
Manufacturers advertise Regza Link, Bravia Link, Viera Link, Anynet+ and a host of other names, but they’re all just marketing guff for HDMI-CEC. It’s the same technology in different pants.
you just need an HDMI arc on the TV so we get control over all the features.
That’s CEC not ARC. ARC is what sends the TV audio back to the amp / soundbar.