remote controls
Entertainment

Logitech’s Harmony Link: Devices Control Home Theatres

Logitech understands that in the age of the of Wi-Fi and touchscreens, remote controls are heading the way of the Dodo. The Harmony Link is their attempt to bridge the gap between traditional IR components and the smart devices in our hands.

September 10, 2011
Entertainment

Motion-Controlled Remotes Are A Stupid Idea

Movea thinks it has a good idea. It thinks the Move TV remote, which uses Wii-like gestures to flip through channels, is something that should be in our lives. It’s not. The Move TV is a premise beyond idiocy.

July 27, 2011
Gaming

New Xbox 360 Headset Doubles As Bluetooth Headset

The old Xbox 360 headset is gigantic and expensive, considering it only worked with the Xbox 360. The new Xbox 360 headset? Not only is it much, much better promises Senior Director of Xbox Accessories, Zulfi Alam, it’s a Bluetooth headset.

July 26, 2011
Gadgets

Voomote One: Mr Potato Head Of Universal iPhone Remotes

Universal remotes for your iPhone are old news, but the thing about them is that they’re so, well, universal: you use the same layout for all your devices. The Voomote One lets you have a different remote for your TV than your stereo.

July 7, 2011
Entertainment

The Boxee Remote Now Works For Your Home Computer

For those of you who like Boxee but couldn’t be bothered getting the Box for your home theatre setup, D-Link is now offering you the remote that came with it for your Mac or PC. Just to show they care.

June 16, 2011
Mobile

Will Griffin’s Beacon iPhone Universal Remote Be The First To Not Suck?

Griffin, maker of a ton of Apple accessories, just released a universal remote system for iOS devices. It’s not the first iOS remote around, but we’re hoping it can be the first to not suck.

June 1, 2011
Entertainment

Why Hell Is Other Peoples’ Remote Controls

There’s nothing that can better reduce you to a senseless ball of anxiety and clumsy flailing than trying to figure out someone else’s home entertainment system. System! If you can even call it that.

May 21, 2011
Gadgets

9 Remote Controls With Moxie

In the old days, even remotes had character. Names like Space Commander and Flash-Matic lent a feeling of speed and sense of authority that something like a modern RM-VL700 never could. Our friends at Oobject.com have assembled a great collection.

April 22, 2011
Entertainment

Early Remote Controls Had To Do More Than Just Change Channels

You would think the first remote controls would be dead simple to use. What the heck could they do, right? Change three channels? Turns out that a remote from 1961 had much more to worry about then just flipping channels.

April 13, 2011
Entertainment

Why An Android-Powered Universal Remote? Games, Of Course!

Could anything be better than lazing around on your couch with your universal remote? How about playing Fruit Ninja on it during commercials? Conspin’s Andi-One is the first universal remote to run Android 2.1 – and any of its 100,000 apps – right on your controller.

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