TV-B-Gone clone

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By Collin Cunningham
Posted 2008/02/20 @ 4:00 am
Category Electronics

Member Tinkerlog made this slimmed-down version of the TV-B-Gone device. This design would definitely make subtle usage much easier. -Link

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5 Responses to TV-B-Gone clone

Ryan on February 20th, 2008 at 5:59 am said:

Now someone needs to put it into a pen or over-sized sharpie. Less range, but increased stealth.

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BdgBill on February 20th, 2008 at 6:11 am said:

I’ll ask again….Why is the TV-B-Gone device cool?

The only use for this device is to facilitate being an a-hole.

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pt on February 20th, 2008 at 6:51 am said:

@BdgBill – it’s up to each person to use a device responsibly – many people buy these to learn about IR, soldering, etc. i also know an arcade owner that uses these to turn off tvs all over his place at once (instead of using multiple remotes).

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Nice on February 20th, 2008 at 6:52 am said:

BdgBill,
You’re new here, aren’t you? That’s exactly why they think it’s cool.

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mark on February 25th, 2008 at 3:34 pm said:

It’s cool exactly because of the opposite of what Bill said.
It doesn’t facilitate being an ass, but neutralising the affects of aholes who think its awesome to fill the world – particularly social spaces or others that would benefit from less ambient noise (like trains) with noisy, flickering and distracting televisions that no-one really wants to watch, only being there to chow up power and make conversation and concentration more difficult.

So if they’re bothering you, and no-one else seems to be watching them either (the case with most of the TVs on my local commuter train), you can turn them off easily without causing a fuss trying to get up close and personal to them (unfortunately i found that the sound systems on the train are wired in seperately, so the noise continued).

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