Smart TV ‘remote’ apps are infinitely worse than an IR blaster
Anon gets a new phone
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TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Zess@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
It’s bad when people mispronounce mischievous but this dude actually spelled it the way people mispronounce it lmao
00L10@feddit.org 10 hours ago
At this point I realize I’ve most likely ever only come across the mispronounced version…
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 9 hours ago
Isn’t the dictionary out of date then?
Zess@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Not surprising, I think they even mispronounced it in an episode of Futurama. Just a shame because the proper way sounds so much better.
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
I had custom firmware installed on my PSP and got in trouble for turning the projector on and off on high school.
DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
It was a great time indeed when the popularity of IR blasters overlapped with being in high school.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 16 hours ago
I was a few years out of HS when those blasters became more wide spread (my HTC M7 had one, though 6 years too late), and how I wish I had one back then.
cm0002@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Aw shit, why didn’t I think of this! I too had a PSP with CFW in HS, but I just used it for… totally “backed up”…games lmao
aluminium@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Samsung phones at that time also had IR blasterd
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Wait until anon learns about the flipper zero
IDew@lemm.ee 13 hours ago
Had a HTC One M8 back in the day. Had a lot of fun confusing the shit out of the teachers after turning off the audio system and projector lmao
popekingjoe@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I do this with my OnePlus Open and the TV at work.
superduperpirate@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I used to want one of these IR blaster things to kill tvs in waiting rooms, but then earbuds got better and cheaper and more generally useful.
Ilgaz@lemm.ee 16 hours ago
I had a Casio remote control watch that I was actually using all the time in my room. I used it in an evil way only once, since the TV sales guy was showing off how loud the super high-end TV is. As he turned the volume up with a maniacal smile, I just pressed OFF button. New money couple lost interest immediately.
swag_money@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
trolling aside, has anybody had any luck with those 3.5mm ir blaster adapters? my phone has a headphone jack but no blaster and i don’t have the original remote for my stereo :p
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I miss my old HTC thunderbolt. Removable storage, IR blaster, removable battery. Phones while they have gotten faster, and the software /cameras improved, the actual phones design has gotten so much worse over the years.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 17 hours ago
I always wanted one because I was pretty young when they were putting IR blasters in cell phones and I thought I’d be able to remote control anything like Johnny Five in Short Circuit 2.
bamfic@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
KellysNokia@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
During the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, an individual associated with Gizmodo brought a TV-B-Gone remote control and shut off many display monitors at booths and during demos affecting several companies. These actions caused the individual to be banned for life from future CES events.
Legendary
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 14 hours ago
One of the things I like about my OnePlus 12
Best use is it allows me to control the A/C in my apartment complex’s gym :)
fossphi@lemm.ee 12 hours ago
Ooh, didn’t know that newer phones also have IR blasters! That’s good to know! Do you know if the custom ROM experience is good?
Yuki@kutsuya.dev 17 hours ago
I had this watched with a calculator and ir blaster. It was great! I still have it actually
Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 8 hours ago
god i miss having an ir blaster on my phone
lemmywinksthegerbilking@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
mine doesn’t work