In the 80s, we were the remote! "Hey, kid, get up and change it to Channel 10!" No problem, we're the closest ones to the TV, sprawled out on the floor, and I l

In the 80s, we were the remote! "Hey, kid, get up and change it to Channel 10!" No problem, we're the closest ones to the TV, sprawled out on the floor, and I loved clicking buttons and turning dials. I got so mad about blocking the IR sensor on the VCR and TV. I had to constantly move junk away, after someone stacked it up. My Samsung Android tablet ran KitKat/Lollipop, and it featured an IR transmitter. But I could never get it to work. The app was inextricably tied to some proprietary TV schedule online, and third-party apps were janky, and then Samsung shut down the online service, killing the app and disabling the IR transmitter.