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The one exception... it is really convenient to be able to use my phone to control the tv, even if it is only to change inputs. And that's how they get you.
by cpuguy83 6y ago
The one exception... it is really convenient to be able to use my phone to control the tv, even if it is only to change inputs.
And that's how they get you.
- nitrogen 6y agoThere's no reason any phone shouldn't be able to control any TV, except that IR ports are no longer popular on handheld devices. Back in the 90s there were wristwatches that could control any TV.
- rovr138 6y agoBluetooth is a good alternative in this case.
- iso947 6y agoIR watches were always hilarious at school. I suspect in pubs too.
- Spooky23 6y agoEvery few years, some auditor would always flip out about IR data transfer. It would always get escalated because none of the frontline IT people had heard of it. I’d always chuckle thinking of the boogeyman bad actor employee who decided to exfiltrate customer data to a circa 1999 palm pilot at 9600 baud via IR instead of the dozens of easier methods available.