There’s nothing quite as annoying as losing your TV remote. Decades ago, when remote controls were cutting edge, you would at least be able to use manual controls instead. But these have been ...

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 slots ...

Eugene Polley should be ther most popular man on the planet. He left a legacy of leisure that billions of people lean upon each and every day, often for hours on end. Polley, a self-taught mechanical ...

Welcome to Product Support, a column devoted to helping you get the most out of the gadgets and software you already use. In October 2020, Apple rolled out an iOS update that discontinued and removed ...

Universal remotes are a convenient way to control multiple devices without separate remote controls. If you own a Toshiba TV and want to program a universal remote to control it, this post will guide ...

Some of you may remember when, as a child, you were the remote control for the television set that did not even come with a remote. I know I do. Just recently this rite of passage went full circle in ...

Is the TV remote control soon to become extinct? Can it become forever lost down the back of the couch and no one will care? The remotes for the stereo and climate control could potentially go and ...

Dr. Robert Adler, a prolific inventor in the field of television, but best known for his work with TV wireless remote control, died on Feb. 15. He was 93. Born in Austria, Adler emigrated to the ...

The standard TV remote control, lost so many times beneath sofa cushions, may soon be lost to history. Good riddance, says Chris Lavoie, a radio producer living in Los Angeles. Taking advantage of ...

You've broken, lost, or don't like the Siri Remote that came with your Apple TV, and Apple is in the process of killing the iOS app. Here's what you can do to replace it, or even give everyone their ...