— -- Fighting for the remote control is about to get a whole lot more interesting. TV makers are employing technological developments in the mobile and gaming sectors — voice recognition, gesture ...

There’s nothing quite as annoying as losing your TV remote. Decades ago, when remote controls were cutting edge, you would at least be able to use manual controls instead. But these have been ...

SKY is giving customers a free second remote to control their TVs. The perk has benefited those with the Sky Q box for years ...

Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless television remote control, once said that “the flush toilet may have been the most civilized invention ever devised, but the remote control is the ...

The Apple TV is easily one of the best streaming devices money can buy. It delivers a reliable experience, provides a home hub for all your streaming devices, and even includes functionality for ...

YOUR Sky TV remote can not only control the Sky box – but your actual television too. It’s a handy trick and worth setting up if you’ve got a spare minute. And if you don’t like it, you can always ...

Sixty-one years ago, Zenith Radio Corporation developed the first remote control for televisions. It was wired, but you’d recognize its function. Three years later, Watson and Crick would discover the ...

The remote control has become a device that is equal parts practical and frustrating. Many gripe that their remotes have too many buttons and are easily misplaced, and it’s inconvenient to sit down in ...

Smacking a sluggish TV remote to revive it feels like a myth, but there is real battery science behind why the trick ...

Is the TV remote control soon to become extinct? Can it become forever lost down the back of the couch and no one will care? The remotes for the stereo and climate control could potentially go and ...