FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoThe buttons on Zenith’s original “clicker” remote were a mechanical marvelwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1456arrow-down110cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1446arrow-down1external-linkThe buttons on Zenith’s original “clicker” remote were a mechanical marvelwww.theverge.comFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square48linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-squareLegendsofanus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·3 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-squarekilla44@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 years agoLayer 8 issues occur all the time.
minus-squarea new sad me@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoIn a world where remotes are scarce, I could see how this would be a concern, yes.
minus-squareLegendsofanus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 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 me@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoWhen the remote controls were first invented.
minus-squareA2PKXG@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoEven today, in tech support, the issue is very often the user https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_error
minus-squareLegendsofanus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoYeah, makes sense now that I think about it. People are always dumber than you think
“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
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.
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