Remote Control

December 2003 – Universal Remote Control further expands its line-up of widely acclaimed home theater remote controls with the second of two revolutionary new radio frequency (RF) remote control products. A 2003 Innovations Award-winning product, the Home Theater Master MX-600 IR / RF Learning Remote and its companion MRF-100 Base Station is a powerful modular package combining both RF and IR technologies to send commands up to 100 feet away, through walls, floors and cabinet doors, even in highly active RF environments both indoors and outdoors. Read more

December 2003 – Universal Remote Control further expands its line-up of widely acclaimed home theater remote control products with the Home Theater Master MX-800 PC Programmable RF Remote Control and its companion MRF-200 Base Station. Read more

If your living room coffee table is cluttered with remote controls, you may want to consider purchasing a learning remote -- that is, a single remote that can replace a whole tableful of remotes and control your entire A/V system (even certain lighting dimmers like Lutron’s). Read more

The ultimate gadget for the couch potato! Just point and watch. The Casio Remote Control Wristwatch is a TV/cable box remote control at your fingertips. It can memorize up to 16 channels, you can adjust the volume and should you choose, you can time how long it takes you to flip channels with the built in stopwatch. Other features include a daily alarm, 8 digit calculator and auto calendar. Compatible with almost all major brand televisions. $80. www.casio.com

December 30, 2003 - Panasonic is proud to announce the continuing expansion of its single-button SAP (Second Audio Program) access feature, conveniently located on the remote controls of the majority of the company's television and video products. The SAP broadcast helps people who are blind or visually impaired enjoy television programs. The SAP function button is consistently located in the upper right hand corner of most Panasonic TV remote controls and is tactilely distinguished by three raised dots on the button surface. In 2002, Panasonic featured the easy-access SAP button on the remote controls of 46 different products, and will continue to incorporate this helpful feature in the remote controls of most 2003 stereo televisions, VCRs, combo products, (televisions with built-in VCRs, DVD players, or both) and DVD/VCR combos.Read more

With DVD and HDTV consumers have more choices than ever before when it comes to home theater. But there are a lot of technological advances out there that make home theater much more simple to deal with. For example, remote controls. Everybody has more remote controls than they want on their coffee table. That's why companies like Philips are now doing technologically advanced multi-remote controls. The big daddy of them all is the iPronto. Read more

10/04/02 -- ConnectedMedia Corporation has released ConnectedTV, a new consumer service that lets TV viewers see personalized lists of TV shows on a Palm organizer screen, and tune a show simply by touching its name. The service is now available for $29.95 per year at www.connected.tv. For a limited time, ConnectedMedia is offering a bonus month of service to new subscribers.Read more

Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- InterVideo, Inc. today announced the immediate retail and web availability of the WinDVD 4 Plus bundle with remote control, the latest version of the world's most popular DVD player. WinDVD 4 Plus features over 30 new features and enhancements such as improved picture quality, easier-to-use Time-Stretching and Video Desktop - which lets you watch movies under your desktop icons while you work or check email. The WinDVD 4 Plus bundle also includes a special, customized remote control for controlling DVD movies on your PC from across the room. Read more

RCA's new CD Clock Radio (model #RP3757) includes a handy remote control that lets you skip through songs or change radio stations from across the room. The RP3757 also features a multi-function dual wake, which combines three features - Graduwake, nap function and programmable snooze - for several wakeup options. Read more

Marantz's new RC1200 is an easy to use all-in-one remote control that provides total control of a complete home entertainment system including TVs, cable boxes, satellite receivers, DVD video players, VCR's, and virtually all types of audio components. The RC1200 even includes advanced programming capabilities such as Macro keys that can transmit a series of commands at the touch of a single button. $179. www.marantz.com