FAIL: using iPhone inspired gestures for TV remote control

All in one remote controls have become like toothbrushes in as far as they do the job they were designed for perfectly well, so in order to get you to keep buying them the manufacturers have to keep adding new features you never knew you wanted. In the case of the SmartMotion the feature in point being an iPhone-alike swiping gesture with the device itself to change channels and fast forward the DVD. But does it work and do you need it?