Apple tv oddity

ive noticed something strange with my apple tv that sometimes it actually switches itself from being on standyby to being on now i can only think of 2 possibilities for this one my cats are playing with the remote as its the same size as a lighter and their always hiding them or i have a ghost in my house lol the thing is i always put the remote out of reach of the cats, does anyone else have this problem of it switching itsself on?

it's something that many people have noticed and it's not something new.
i wouldn't worry about it to be honest, as the appletv doesn't have a "real" standby function anyway, all it does it turn off the video output.

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