Inventor of remote control dies

[zombie04]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,252519,00.html well, I think it's safe to say he had an impact on all of us.

[bassman]

yeah...he had an impact. He helped make humans just a little more lazy. He did help in many ways, though.

[_liam_]

lol yeh i read this on teletext. apparently he wasnt a tv man, preferred to read. hehehe. no remote...no wii...think on it...

[coma]

yeah...he had an impact. He helped make humans just a little more lazy. He did help in many ways, though. Yeah, because standing directly in front of the TV clicking a knob through all the channels was good exercise, smartass Postumously, I say THANKS!

[jdog]

life wouldnt be the same with out the remote. R.I.P

[capncnut]

At first, I thought this was the inventor of the MTV quiz show Remote Control. Colin Quinn kicked ass in that show! But anyway, R.I.P. Robert Adler. Thanks for making me lazier.

[Deadman_Deluxe]

Remote control's nearly ALWAYS break before the actual appliance breaks, meaning that for roughly the last 35% of the actual appliances lifespan ... it hardly has any features available except for UP/DOWN and ON/OFF. That sucks. EXAMPLE: I have a brand new sky digital box with 100+ channels, but i can not view it on this TV because the TV remote (the third one in 18 months!) is broken. I can not switch the A/V channel via the remote control and the actual appliance only has buttons for PROG UP/PROG DOWN, VOL UP/VOL DOWN and ON/OFF Ergo, i will NOT be attending the funeral service.

[capncnut]

Yeah man, who ordered the decision to remove the channel select button from tv's?

[coma]

Remote control's nearly ALWAYS break before the actual appliance breaks, meaning that for roughly the last 35% of the actual appliances lifespan ... it hardly has any features available except for UP/DOWN and ON/OFF. That sucks. EXAMPLE: I have a brand new sky digital box with 100+ channels, but i can not view it on this TV because the TV remote (the third one in 18 months!) is broken. I can not switch the A/V channel via the remote control and the actual appliance only has buttons for PROG UP/PROG DOWN, VOL UP/VOL DOWN and ON/OFF Ergo, i will NOT be attending the funeral service. Thats not his fault. Thats the cheapo manufacturers That and I have had the opposite experience

[bassman]

Yeah, because standing directly in front of the TV clicking a knob through all the channels was good exercise, smartass Postumously, I say THANKS! It's more movement than using your finger to click the remote while still in a recliner and eating pork grinds or some sh*t.

[coma]

It's more movement than using your finger to click the remote while still in a recliner and eating pork grinds or some sh*t. True, but you usually would end up watching shows you hated or annoying commercials. One thing that a remote makes easier. TURNING THE TV OFF

[_liam_]

Yeah man, who ordered the decision to remove the channel select button from tv's? amen. i have a **** hot dvd player that's almost good for nothing cos i spilt wine on the remote. ffs.

[capncnut]

Yeah, it is mildly annoying.