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— -- Nowadays, there's a good chance that your TV has a lot more hooked up to it than just a cable box or antenna (remember those?), especially if you're putting together a home theater. In fact, ...

Controlling all the gear in your entertainment center doesn’t have to mean spending $200 on a Logitech Harmony remote. If you’d rather get something nice and simple that doesn’t cost a fortune, you’ll ...

Picking a universal remote control is pretty tricky these days. There are plenty of simple, programmable IR blasters out there, but some of the best remotes can control other devices using Bluetooth ...

Having already provided a remote for the control of iOS devices with its BT Media Remote, Satechi has reversed things by releasing a dongle that turns an iOS device into a universal remote control. In ...

While the iPhone and iPod touch may be wonderful devices for performing any number of tricks, they’re not particularly good universal IR remote controls when coupled with infrared dongles or cases.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To use a universal remote, you need to program it with specific codes for your devices. Universal remotes help control many ...

The first remote control for a TV was the Zenith Space Command back in the 1950’s. Space Command used sounds at ultrasonic frequencies to control the set. It wasn’t until the 1980’s and the Viewstar ...

If I were to line up all of the remote controls for the components I use with my TV, there’d be four, not including the game system controllers and keyboard. So I’ve tried out a number of universal ...

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