Posted by: wfaulk
TV-B-Gone
Posted by: pgrzelak
Re: TV-B-Gone - 20/10/2004 13:38
I can see someone having fun and perhaps some form of retribution against a Circuit City that performed a poor empeg install!
Posted by: pca
Re: TV-B-Gone - 20/10/2004 13:59
You can have almost as much fun with a casio CMD-40 remote control watch and a large shop that has TVs as displays. Tesco, a supermarket in the UK for instance, tends to use all Panasonic units, which helpfully have the same power-off code...
pca
pca
Posted by: pgrzelak
Re: TV-B-Gone - 20/10/2004 14:11
All of them going off at the same time is good, but I cannot help think that a second or two stagger time between different brands might add to the amusement of it... 
Still, the same principle applies.
Still, the same principle applies.
Posted by: andym
Re: TV-B-Gone - 20/10/2004 15:20
Quote:
You can have almost as much fun with a casio CMD-40 remote control watch and a large shop that has TVs as displays.
Yes, because of me that watch was banned at school. I managed to program the off codes of most popular TVs into it so could therefore turn almost every TV at school off, lots of fun. I also managed to unlock my fathers Rover 800 by learning the IR code from his keyfob. The look on his face was a picture. My personal favorite was Dixons. A few key presses later and the trained monkeys are scrabbling round for the remotes.
Come to think of it, there was a Mac at school with a remote, the staff obviously realised it would be abused so they locked it away. Luckily Dixons had one on show, two AAA batteries and a couple of button presses later and I had the shutdown code for the mac. The following week, many people lost work due to unexplained shutdowns.
Posted by: gbeer
Re: TV-B-Gone - 21/10/2004 02:42
Call me Pliskin!
Posted by: pgrzelak
Re: TV-B-Gone - 13/11/2004 18:22
Dredging up an old thread...
Well, my order of TVBGs arrived today. I ordered four. They sent ten. In a sudden, unaccustomed burst of honesty, I sent them email letting them know the situation and asking where to send the extras.
It works great, but it is really a bit bigger than it needs to be in my opinion. A little too big for stealth use and to keep on your keychain if you have other wireless or USB devices on it.
Well, my order of TVBGs arrived today. I ordered four. They sent ten. In a sudden, unaccustomed burst of honesty, I sent them email letting them know the situation and asking where to send the extras.
It works great, but it is really a bit bigger than it needs to be in my opinion. A little too big for stealth use and to keep on your keychain if you have other wireless or USB devices on it.
Posted by: g_attrill
Re: TV-B-Gone - 13/11/2004 19:56
I expect that with the income from the current order run they will be able to customise it a bit more and reduce the size. Stand by for V2!
Gareth
Gareth