When you plug your computer’s video output into a television, the last thing you want is to string a mouse and keyboard. Unfortunately, that’s often the case if you want to stray beyond the limited ...

Universal remotes make our lives easier. After all, it seems like every device we buy comes with its own remote, making it next to impossible to know where they all are at any given time. Even if ...

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Update: Function 101’s Button Remote for Apple TV has been upgraded with Bluetooth, allowing the multibutton remote control to work without direct line of sight to your Apple TV. This proves essential ...

When Apple released the fourth-generation Apple TV in 2015, it also included a new Siri Remote with the set-top box (although in some regions Apple kept the original name "Apple TV Remote" due to Siri ...

One of the cool things about the new fourth-generation Apple TV is that it supports HDMI-CEC, so that you can control your TV or your speaker system using the remote control that came in the box along ...

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Google launched Chromecast in 2013 with a simple idea: beam content from your phone, tablet, or laptop to TV or monitor via a small dongle that plugs into its HDMI port. At $30, Chromecast became a ...

Yes, there’s still an IR blaster, and Amazon is also announcing the Alexa Voice Remote Pro with backlit buttons and a remote finder feature. Yes, there’s still an IR blaster, and Amazon is also ...

This is in regards to Joystickit's 19" Sylvania TV (model SST 4192). We simply wanted to hook connect to the TV's front RCA inputs. The problem is that you cannot switch to the input channel without a ...