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SPult Universal Remote is Sleekly Simple by Ditching Most Buttons
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 10:19 PM on June 23, 2008
Designer Yurii Smitana Perfilov clearly took a look at the chaotic button-fest that is the usual universal remote and thought "uuuugleee." So the first thing you notice about the sPult remote is its gorgeousness, like a retro-futuristic digital dagger. The second thing is the lack of buttons: that scroll wheel does volume or channels, selected at a push, and there's a favourites selector, mute and power function plus a simple display. I thought the back-lit Moto RAZR-like universal remote I just bought was attractive, but if sPult were more than a concept, I'd ditch that silver laser-keypad nastiness in a heartbeat. [Yanko design]
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rjbuddyboi
Posted 1:11 AM 24/6/08
Side view looks like a redesigned Starship Enterprise to me :-)
rjbuddyboi
Denver_80203
Posted 12:28 AM 24/6/08
but, will it have bluetooth for a ps3?
Denver_80203
bryanmccormick
Posted 12:27 AM 24/6/08
actually it looks like a shoe. this does not look hold in the hand friendly
bryanmccormick
Monty
Posted 11:52 PM 23/6/08
The designer has not read a review of the BMW iDrive. About the only company that can take a device down to a single button and make it functional are those fruits in Cupertino.
Monty
Bitstuff
Posted 11:29 PM 23/6/08
@N@tedog:
They say that real beauty comes from the inside, I guess this one's still ugly then.
Jam-packed with the same electronics that are housed inside the regular universal remotes - at least those are being straight with us.
Bitstuff
tek_nic
Posted 11:09 PM 23/6/08
That's the sickest wii-mote I've ever seen!
tek_nic
recklessinoz
Posted 11:03 PM 23/6/08
@N@tedog: It also looks like a woman's shoe from the side, it's just missing a couple of straps
recklessinoz
dontforget
Posted 10:47 PM 23/6/08
(sorry for dp ing ya)
Also, In my opinion, no buttons on a tv remote is FTL
dontforget
dontforget
Posted 10:41 PM 23/6/08
so i have to push a button to then use the scroll wheel to change my channel, then push button again to go back to the scroll wheel in order to lower the volume when that annoying loud local car dealership commercial comes on?
or did i read it wrong?
dontforget
N@tedog
Posted 10:40 PM 23/6/08
So why is it still the size of my friggin shoe?
N@tedog
strider_mt2k
Posted 10:27 PM 23/6/08
OOOh minimalist.
(Should be expensive if it hits the light of day.)
strider_mt2k
skittlzncombos
Posted 10:26 PM 23/6/08
Yes, it's gorgeous. Until you touch it with a fat, cheeto-colored manfinger, only to smear away its good looks in order to raise the volume on American Idol......or football.
skittlzncombos
InfoMofo
Posted 2:01 AM 24/6/08
Gizmodo concept posts are about the most frustrating things in the world. I think I may need a new Yahoo Pipe filter...
InfoMofo
Vastad
Posted 1:40 AM 24/6/08
To be honest, on the stock zapper we got with our TV, I only use about 6 controls: volume, channel, aspect ratio, source, previous channel and info. Nothing else.
The most frustrating thing is having to surf 120 channels from ch 12 to 87, just to check on the ten favourites. If this proto-Stilleto heel zapper can let me hotkey my favs with customizable buttons, I'm very happy to pay money for it.
Vastad
JacquesAss
Posted 3:23 AM 24/6/08
@Denver_80203: Speaking of Bluetooth, at first glance, the profile shot looks like a Bluetooth headset. For a giant.
JacquesAss
cubensis
Posted 3:17 AM 24/6/08
I am still waiting for a universal that operates multiple TV's.
cubensis
sergio_e
Posted 3:11 AM 24/6/08
@Baladen: or any other modern cable/dvr box.
sergio_e
Baladen
Posted 2:19 AM 24/6/08
@Vastad: You obviously don't have TiVo; TiVo can be set to only cycle through favorite channels when you channel surf or use the guide.
Baladen
lordargent
Posted 3:47 AM 24/6/08
Baladen: You obviously don't have TiVo; TiVo can be set to only cycle through favorite channels when you channel surf or use the guide.
But with a tivo, why would you be channel surfing ;)
/tivo can make unwanted channels disappear from your channel listing (buh bye lifetime).
lordargent
lakiolen
Posted 6:03 AM 24/6/08
@Monty: You forgot that Audi took BMW's concept and made the user interface actually usable.
lakiolen
ten10
Posted 11:57 AM 24/6/08
Channels can skip that fast? Scrolling through the channels we have these days sounds like an hassle. Making it too sensitive will take us forever to land on the right channel.
People with big hands are gonna have trouble gripping that.
The view from the front looks alright though :)
ten10
Pyao lyang shen
Posted 10:47 AM 25/6/08
@recklessinoz: yes, for the toe inclined, I can now use my toes and harness the power of the universal remote while I am beating eggs.
Pyao lyang shen