FartsWithAnAccent to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoThe buttons on Zenith’s original “clicker” remote were a mechanical marvelwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1456arrow-down110cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1446arrow-down1external-linkThe buttons on Zenith’s original “clicker” remote were a mechanical marvelwww.theverge.comFartsWithAnAccent to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square48fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-square@Legendsofanus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish12•2 years ago“Again, it required no batteries — much desired by Zenith, as the company didn’t want customers to think a TV was broken when the battery died.” Was this really that big of a concern? Did people really think that LMAO
minus-square@A2PKXG@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoEven today, in tech support, the issue is very often the user https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_error
minus-square@Legendsofanus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoYeah, makes sense now that I think about it. People are always dumber than you think
minus-squarea new sad melinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoIn a world where remotes are scarce, I could see how this would be a concern, yes.
minus-square@Legendsofanus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoWhere remotes are scarce? What do you mean by that, are you talking about the time when they came in or now
minus-squarea new sad melinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoWhen the remote controls were first invented.
“Again, it required no batteries — much desired by Zenith, as the company didn’t want customers to think a TV was broken when the battery died.”
Was this really that big of a concern? Did people really think that LMAO
Layer 8 issues occur all the time.
What’s layer 8
Even today, in tech support, the issue is very often the user
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_error
Yeah, makes sense now that I think about it. People are always dumber than you think
In a world where remotes are scarce, I could see how this would be a concern, yes.
Where remotes are scarce? What do you mean by that, are you talking about the time when they came in or now
When the remote controls were first invented.