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Eugene Polley, inventor of TV remote, dies at 96

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Eugene Polley, inventor of TV remote, dies at 96

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CHICAGO (AP) -Polley died of natural causes Sunday May 20, 2012 at a suburban Chicago hospital, said Zenith Electronics spokesman John Taylor. The former Zenith engineer was 96.I

Or you could buy a new Zenith television with Flash-Matic tuning. The TV came with a green ray gun-shaped contraption with a red trigger. The advertising promised "TV miracles." The "flash tuner" was "Absolutely harmless to humans!" Most intriguing of all: "You can even shut off annoying commercials while the picture remains on the screen."

When cable came to Dallas for the first time in the early 1980's, it was a Time Warner system, which, came with a wired remote. That seemed neat at the time, but I much prefer wireless.... no cables to step or trip over.

But now, I have to worry about tripping over one of the eight remotes lying around ! ::)
 
"That seemed neat at the time, but I much prefer wireless.... no cables to step or trip over."
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My '86 JVC VHS deck has such a wired remote; big, boxy thing about the size of an 8-track tape, rather bulky by today's standards. I actually like it better for cuing tapes than the wireless (infrared) one on my Panasonic of the same era. More responsive, almost no latency (especially when compared to the infrared remote on my more recent, late-90s JVC) and obviously immune to "look angle" issues.

R.I.P. Eugene.
 
(Also on the Classic TV board: http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=212702.0)

When cable came to Dallas for the first time in the early 1980's, it was a Time Warner system
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Actually, the system in Dallas was WarnerAmex (a collaboration of Warner Communications and American Express), some time before the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications. Dallas' system is now served by TimeWarner Cable, so cable service has come full-circle there in a way.
 
easttxtv said:
(Also on the Classic TV board: http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=212702.0)

When cable came to Dallas for the first time in the early 1980's, it was a Time Warner system
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Actually, the system in Dallas was WarnerAmex (a collaboration of Warner Communications and American Express), some time before the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications. Dallas' system is now served by TimeWarner Cable, so cable service has come full-circle there in a way.
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Yes, that's it exactly, it was WarnerAmex and not Time Warner.

Thanks for the input. :)
 
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