In yesterday's roundup of the good, bad and ugly in new remote controls, we included one photo of a vintage remote: the Zenith Space Command. We identified it as the first TV remote, gave some details ...

The TV remote as we know it came about for one simple reason – one man’s desire to mute the ads he felt were ruining his TV watching. It began with something TV viewers of the 21st Century can still ...

The remote control has become a device that is equal parts practical and frustrating. Many gripe that their remotes have too many buttons and are easily misplaced, and it’s inconvenient to sit down in ...

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A bit of fun. I came across a mention of this on a recent No Such Thing As A Fish podcast. It's the Zenith Lazy Bones TV remote control, the very first TV remote, apparently... I'd never heard of it ...

The inventor of the TV remote, Eugene Polley, died on Sunday at 96. After his death was announced on Tuesday, the Internet paused – get it? – to remember the man and the wireless television remote ...

Let's talk remote controls. There's a discussion about which one is the most "nostalgic" one, and people in the replies are sharing their own. First off, let's talk about the elephant in the post. The ...

The TV remote as we know it came about for one simple reason – one man’s desire to mute the ads he felt were ruining his TV watching. It began with something TV viewers of the 21st Century can still ...