News tagged with tv remote control

Remote control pushed aside by gesture-sensitive devices

The remote control has never been much beloved. If it's not getting lost or running out of batteries, the device - and its inscrutable buttons - is confusing some family member or acting as a totem in an argument about what ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

TVs getting 'smarter' but maybe not better

If last week's Consumer Electronics Show is any indication, the next major computing device to enter consumers' homes will be a "smart" television - whether viewers like it or not.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 8

US cable TV giant adding Skype calls

US cable TV giant Comcast announced plans to add video chat to television viewing through a partnership with Skype.

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preview of what's to see on Google TV

Google revealed new details about its Google TV system last week with the launch of a new Web site, and Logitech showed off the first piece of hardware running the Internet-TV system, a gadget called the Revue. ...

Technology / Internet

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Useful, useless and unusual at US gadget show

Cutting-edge technology grabbed the headlines at the premier US gadget show here but the showrooms also featured products better described as useful, useless and downright unusual.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Samsung remote control features TV screen

You're watching a movie on television but really want to step away to fix a sandwich. Or nature calls when the game is tied and there are just a few seconds left.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

TV remotes to undergo big change

In 1955, Zenith introduced the first wireless TV remote control, the Flash-Matic, followed a year later by the Space Command.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 7