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Re:TV-B-Gone by Lammy on Monday October 11, 2021 @02:17PM (#28831212)
I used to do this in the early 2000s with my Palm PDA's IR blaster http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA005810/remocon/premocce.htm
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Re:TV-B-Gone by mPReDiToR on Monday October 11, 2021 @02:37PM (#28831424)
UK superstore Tesco had TV's with adverts a few years back. I used to walk round the store with my WindowsMobile devices with IR and turn them off.

Always hated advertosing.

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Re:TV-B-Gone by Arnt on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:33PM (#28833361)
A FOAF connected a TV-b-gone to an array of high-power LEDs, enough to turn off all the TVs in a large shop from inside a canvas bag outside the entrance.

This, I think: https://www.timeexpander.com/img/extender2.jpg

I would have liked to borrow that and go for a walk ;)

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Re:TV-B-Gone by generj on Monday October 11, 2021 @02:29PM (#28831321)
Me too!

My dad gave me an old PalmPilot when I was in middle school and as a punk kid I would do things like mute the TV for 5 seconds during in-class videos.

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