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Giant Remote Control Laughs in the Face of Miniaturization

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Sick of losing your remote between the couch cushions? With this bigger-than-a-breadbox remote control, there’s no chance you’ll misplace this one.

The Chunghop RM-A4 remote control measures in at a whopping 8.26″ wide x 11.69″ tall x 1.35″ thick. Or in other words, it’s roughly the size of a ream…

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January 29th, 2009 by: Technabob

Philips Prestigo Tablet Remote: Too Big, or Just Right?

Philips Prestigo SR-M8015 Universal Remote

This upcoming remote control from Philips’ embraces the whole “bigger is better” concept with a vengeance.

To me, it looks like the Prestigo SR-M8015 is about the size of three small remote controls smashed together into one larger device. The remote will control up to 15 discrete components, and offers…

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September 10th, 2007 by: Technabob

Philips Pronto Tsu9400 Universal Remote Revealed

Philip Pronto TSU 9400 Remote

I was digging through the latest FCC approvals earlier today when I happened across this, the latest universal remote control from Philips.

According to the user manual, the new remote, called the TSU9400, features a huge 640×480 full color TFT display. It can control any infrared device, and can provide…

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July 10th, 2007 by: Technabob

Sunwave Src-3200: the Universal Remote Goes Technicolor

Sunwave SRC-3200 Universal Remote

With all of the universal remote controls out there, it’s getting pretty tough for remote makers to differentiate themselves. This new remote from Sunwave does a good job standing out from the crowd by offering multi-color LED backlighting for its touchscreen interface.

The Sunwave SRC-3200 lets you choose from 7…

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January 21st, 2007 by: Technabob

Franklin International Translator Speaks 12 Languages

Franklin TGA-490 Universal Speaking Translator

If you travel a lot, you might want to check out the newly announced Franklin TGA-490 language translator that can actually speak in 12 different languages.

The new portable translator not only translates over 450,000 words and 12,000 phrases, it contains recorded samples of speech to provide accurate pronunciation in…

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January 8th, 2007 by: Technabob

Universal Done With Blu-ray

HD DVD vs Blu Ray Head To Head

In another blow to Sony’s floundering Blu-Ray format, Universal Pictures has announced that it will be dropping support for the disc format. For the forseaable future, the will solely release high definition discs in HD-DVD format.

With all of the problems with Blu-Ray laser supplies affecting the PS3 launch, I’m…

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September 20th, 2006 by: Technabob

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