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There'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 wri
by nitrogen 6y ago
There'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.