In the Maker Shed: New 3rd Gen TV-B-Gone

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By Maker Shed
Posted 2010/01/13 @ 4:41 pm
Category Electronics, General

Turn any TV on or off with a click of the button! With the new and improved 3rd Gen TV-B-Gone, even those new big-screen LCD TVs aren’t safe anymore! New features include instant reactivation with the press of a button, a bigger battery, and a flashing LED that indicates the unit is sending out its signal. If you don’t want the LED on, simply double-click at the beginning of a new sequence for “stealth mode”

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6 Responses to In the Maker Shed: New 3rd Gen TV-B-Gone

Aaron Ramsey on January 14th, 2010 at 9:39 am said:

Look at me! I’m so important and my opinion is so much better than yours that I will impose my will on everyone around me!

Seriously, these TV-B-Gone crapvertisements really have no place on Make.

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- Marc de Vinck on January 14th, 2010 at 10:35 am said:
  
  The TV-B-Gone can be used for good too! I was in a diner with my children. The diner was virtually empty, and the news was blaring on a TV. Nobody was watching it. Needless to say a story about some horrific crimes was being broadcast and it caught my kids attention. It was a simple press of a button to turn it off.
  
  When the manager looked confused, I explained to him that the news was really inappropriate for young children, and he responded with a big “Thank You”!
  
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  Aaron Ramsey on January 15th, 2010 at 6:08 am said:
  
  Or, alternatively, you could have… I don’t know… maybe have actually TALKED to the manager and have asked him to turn it off?
  
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  Marc de Vinck on January 15th, 2010 at 7:06 am said:
  
  I absolutely would have…if I could have! He was in the kitchen (I assume chatting with the cooks).
  
  Trust me, the news item was soooooo inappropriate for children, that it needed immediate attention.
  
  Oh, and I forgot to mention, the TV was mounted to a bracket that hung from the ceiling, so I couldn’t reach it. Also, on my way out I turned it back on, and he laughed. It was all good! I still go to the diner regularly.
  
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- alandove on January 14th, 2010 at 12:21 pm said:
  
  Aaron, you have an odd way of looking at things. I think TV has no place invading my life simply because I have to be in some public area for awhile. When I’m stuck in some dismal airport lounge, or a doctor’s waiting room, or out trying to have a decent dinner in a restaurant, it’s the television network that’s imposing its will on me. The TV-B-Gone is just leveling the playing field a bit.
  
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- Andy L on January 14th, 2010 at 5:55 pm said:
  
  I guess it is at least a little arrogant to turn off TVs in public places.
  
  It is at least 1/20th as arrogant as being a self-elected internet morality cop.
  
  (By the way, do you have any fascinating opinions on graffiti or automobile modifications that may or may not be street legal in some jurisdictions?)
  
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