My kids came home and needed to do some homework. Me playing mario on the TV was distracting them, so my wife asked me to pause or turn it off for a while. Without moving I pressed the TV button to bring up the overlay, turned the TV off and carried on playing.
That's what the TV remote option is for.
(Really only saves you a few seconds, but its one less remote to pick up, and universal make millions each year on universal remotes so its useful for enough people).
U have great kids !