Well that was a TIL moment. Thanks!
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I like the sounds of the tines! It's basically just a tuning fork, so wild.
I’m old and still call the remote “the clicker”. My 7 year old wondered what the heck a clicker is.
Cue old dad “back in my day, the remotes actually clicked” story.
This was mentioned a couple of weeks ago on the Vergecast. I was wondering if someone was going to get assigned the article, and here it is!
Never seen or heard from anyone using tape to mask their remotes. Is this really a thing?
Those don't take batteries and your click generates the electricity for the signal. Right? Like a wind up radio.
No, it's a tuning fork that produces 4 seperate tones, one for each "button." The TV had a microphone listening for tones and would respond accordingly. You didn't actually have to point the remote at the TV, which later became a problem, as the mic on the TV was technically always listening for a tone.
Neat. I knew I could Cunningham Law this instead of doing research.
Unfortunately, you violated the law slightly by asking a question!
Cunningham's Law states "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."
You can always count on fucking nerds to get excited about explaining something.