This a very sad day for all men

[Richard Cranium]

Eugene Polley, father of the tv remote, has bought the farm.


http://blog.chron.com/hottopics/2012/05/father-of-the-tv-remote-eugene-polley-dies-at-96/

 

[HitIt]

I have to ask... what's with you and all the death announcements?

imp4:

 

[super-bee_ski]

I Love it!
Thanks Sir Richard!

 

[super-bee_ski]

We never knew his name but we ALL use his product and some cant live without it!

 

[HitIt]

yes, to amend my post, thank god he created this wonderful product. Do you remember the ones that were connected by a wire?

 

[bigmanjbmopar]

connected by wire?? geezus your old hahahaha

 

[HitIt]

connected by wire?? geezus your old hahahaha

Yeah, I know as I typed that it sounded awful. But no, these were wired "remotes" from the mid-eighties for early cable boxes. In fact I remember them because a friend and his sister would fight over it. So as a solution, their dad shortened the cord so that it was only a foot long. Needless to say, his kids were not happy about it.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I have to ask... what's with you and all the death announcements?

imp4:

I have a warped sense of humor and death notices are finformative, fun, and provides a break from all of the car talk.

What's the thoughts on having a celebrity eath pool here?

 

[Budnicks]

connected by wire?? geezus your old hahahaha

I remember having to get off my *** to actually change the dial or turn the TV on or off... I also do remember the old cable/wire remotes, kind of useless IMHO with only #2-3-5-7-10-13 channels KTVU, ABC, NBC, CBS or local affiliate TV broadcasters & 2-3 UHF #36, #40 & #44 stations...LOL... Rabbit ears, Halo UHF or roof antenna, rotary of you were a well to do family...

 

[super-bee_ski]

Heck, growing up in Rhode Island 50s and 60s we only had 3 channels, ABC, NBC and CBS. WGBH out of Boston if we were lucky for the 4th channel..

 

[Bubber]

I'm the same, I only had the 3 major networks and I had to get off my butt to change channels. That was about 40lbs ago. I never knew about the wire remote.

 

[Budnicks]

I'm the same, I only had the 3 major networks and I had to get off my butt to change channels. That was about 40lbs ago. I never knew about the wire remote.

We only had 4, 3 major networks, some were on multiple channels ABC 5 & 7, NBC 3 or 4, CBS 10 & 13, something like that anyway, KTVU was channel 2 from Oakland/S.F. local station... UHF channels were much latter, only good for cartoons after school, late night "Creature Features" old horror movies on TV...

 

[tpodwdog]

heres a fun fact....the first remote controls had NO BATTERIES,,,or wires !

 

[Ron 73]

My favorite button on any remote is the Mute.. I hate commercials. Getting up to a pot of coffee already fresh perked within a few minutes of crawling out of bed.. Most of the time, I do like mine perked in a regular old pot on the stove.. Now we have phones in every room, every car, truck, ect.. I wonder what my great grandma would think of a microwave! Or a phone to call when on a trip in a car.. Things have changed over the years..

 

[Meep-Meep]

I remember an old Zenith remote that had three or four aluminum bars inside and when you "clicked" the button a little hammer inside would hit the aluminum bar and generate a frequency, and that changed the channel or volume. Again, no batteries and only a few channels. Simple is good!

I did a search and that reminded me it was called a Space Command. Here you go, and the ad even mentions the inventor passed away http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ZEN...469?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2570e4ac55

 

[shag766]

yes, to amend my post, thank god he created this wonderful product. Do you remember the ones that were connected by a wire?

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