Some of you might already know about this little gadget of global treachery, but for those of you that have never heard of it, I'm here to enlighten you.
This is the TV-B-Gone
Basically, The TV-B-Gone is a special universal remote, it only has one function, power. Here's how it works:
"When you push the button on your TV-B-Gone remote control, it turns itself on, and then sends out a sequence of POWER codes for every television in is database. Each POWER code takes time to emit. The result is that it takes about 69 seconds to emit POWER codes for each tv in its database (that's for the North American & Asian model -- the European model takes 62 seconds). After it emits each of the POWER codes, it turns itself off. The TV-B-Gone is designed to use very little power from its batteries, so under normal use, the batteries should last about 6 months to a year.
A minute is a long time to wait when you're waiting for it. So, to shorten the amount of time it will take to turn off most televisions, TV-B-Gone remote controls emit the POWER codes for the most popular televisions first. So, 90% of all televisions will turn off within the first 17 seconds (that's for the North American & Asian model -- for the European model 90% will turn off within the first 12 seconds)."
Sounds like just an average gadget, right? Well, mostly, it is, unless you're a crazy bastard like myself.
Beginner Scenarios:
Playing jokes on your friends when they're playing games
That annoying news station in your favorite restaurant or bar
Intermediate Scenarios:
Going to a Best Buy or Walmart, pressing it once, and seeing the whole display wall click off one at a time
TV demonstrations in malls, or anywhere where the TV is the focus point
School presentations, cable in the classroom
Advanced Scenarios:
One word: Airports. Walls of the same kind of mini TV displaying departure times to thousands of people, enough said
Oh...and it also turns on TV's as well...
---Purple Player---
This is the TV-B-Gone
Basically, The TV-B-Gone is a special universal remote, it only has one function, power. Here's how it works:
"When you push the button on your TV-B-Gone remote control, it turns itself on, and then sends out a sequence of POWER codes for every television in is database. Each POWER code takes time to emit. The result is that it takes about 69 seconds to emit POWER codes for each tv in its database (that's for the North American & Asian model -- the European model takes 62 seconds). After it emits each of the POWER codes, it turns itself off. The TV-B-Gone is designed to use very little power from its batteries, so under normal use, the batteries should last about 6 months to a year.
A minute is a long time to wait when you're waiting for it. So, to shorten the amount of time it will take to turn off most televisions, TV-B-Gone remote controls emit the POWER codes for the most popular televisions first. So, 90% of all televisions will turn off within the first 17 seconds (that's for the North American & Asian model -- for the European model 90% will turn off within the first 12 seconds)."
Sounds like just an average gadget, right? Well, mostly, it is, unless you're a crazy bastard like myself.
Beginner Scenarios:
Playing jokes on your friends when they're playing games
That annoying news station in your favorite restaurant or bar
Intermediate Scenarios:
Going to a Best Buy or Walmart, pressing it once, and seeing the whole display wall click off one at a time
TV demonstrations in malls, or anywhere where the TV is the focus point
School presentations, cable in the classroom
Advanced Scenarios:
One word: Airports. Walls of the same kind of mini TV displaying departure times to thousands of people, enough said
Oh...and it also turns on TV's as well...
---Purple Player---
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