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On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 04:42:03PM +0000, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > Can you imagine the riot (as in violence) if someone used one of
> > those at some sports bar last night in Boston?
>
> Why, did something significant happen? (grin)
Heh. Driving home after the game ended was definitely an "interesting"
experience :)
> > If I was the owner of a bar, I'd make sure that my TV's IR ports
> > have covers on them.
>
> That may not be workable since that then means the employees
> can't change the channels (or adjust the volume) with the real
> remote either.
>
> Perhaps we'll soon see remotes with device specific encryption,
> similar to garage door opener radio coding? I sense the possible start
> of an arms race.
I'd expect an option to control the TVs from a wired device... Though,
this might all blow over - a similar worry was voiced when universal
remotes came out originally, or when handheld devices could be
programmed as remotes... And yet, nothing happend. Hopefully, nothing
will this time too.
--
Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com
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