Smart TVs of the future will be smarter. It should start with dropping the remote in favor of gesture controls.

I’m ticked off at the person who complained about a TV remote control that has – horrors – 42 buttons. My cable provider‘s ...

Once you’re set up, TV Remote provides a default set of controls tailored to your TV with on-screen buttons to navigate your TV’s UI, switch channels and sources, control volume, and everything else ...

If you’ve ever struggled with the touchpad or just missed the feel of a traditional remote, there’s a better option: This $25 ...

Cut slots into a piece of paper to represent the IR remote control bitstream for putting your TV into standby. Insert it between your TV’s IR receiver and the flame from a lighter, and pull the ...

If you replace your Google TV remote or can't reconnect to your streamer after replacing the batteries, initiate a manual ...

Using very low data rates, typically no more than 1,000 bits/sec, infrared remotes send a different code for each function on the TV, DVD, A/V receiver, etc. There are hundreds of remote control ...

Despite being thinner and sleeker, the IR remote control that comes with your brand new smart TV isn’t fundamentally different than what we were using in the 1980s. But that doesn’t mean IR ...

So if life from home has had you as attached to the TV as these numbers and anecdotes suggest, then now is as good a time as ever to clean your remote control. (Just think of all those greasy popc ...

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A TV or set-top box remote control that accepts speech input. Although there are many bumps in the road, speech recognition has improved greatly in the 21st century. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR ...