Things I miss and things going wrong

Went to play a recording and it is not playing though others are.This has happened before.  Also one day went to play a recording and they were all gone, like some concerts I had recorded, not happy. I went from Shaw to Telus. Miss that the remote doesn't light up, so I can't see it in the dark. Miss that you can't just talk into the remote to change channels. Now it looks like I have to get an Alexa for every room we have a tv in. Gee, love me things to be plugged in 😞 Alexa won't turn tv on unless I leave it on standby, but who wants a green glow constantly, so always have to use remote, so can't be in the kitchen and ask for tv to turn on. Can't change or don't know how to change that the tv turns to standby green screen if you haven't used the remote for 4 hours.