A recent article by Matt Richtel of the New York Times entitled “Devices Enforce Cellular Silence, Sweet but Illegal”:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/technology/04jammer.html reminded me of a gadget I purchased several years ago — TV-B-Gone. “TV-B-Gone”:http://www.tvbgone.com/ is a small keychain remote control that will turn off any TV anywhere!
bq. Your TV-B-Gone universal remote control resembles other TV remote controls, but is different in two important ways. First, it only has a power button that allows you to switch a TV on or off. You control when you see, rather than what you see. Second, the device is so small that it easily fits in your pocket, so that you have it handy whenever you need it wherever you go: airports, bars, restaurants, laundromats, etc. TV-B-Gone now features the Instant Reactivation Feature which allows you to turn TVs on or off quickly and easily. TV-B-Gone is a type of Universal Remote Control which works by shining pulses of invisible light that tells most any TV to turn off or on.
I’ve really only used the device once and it was in a sports bar — not the best place to try it out in public. People were visibly perplexed and pissed. Although I never tried it again, and I have no idea where it is now, I often think about it when I’m at the airport being forced to listen to some channel in the waiting area.
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