TV-B-Gone Universal TV Power Remote Control Keychain by Cornfield Electronics
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Digital camera reviews of TV-B-Gone Universal TV Power Remote Control Keychain
Digital camera Review: Works GREAT!
Summary: 4 Stars
I have an older version of this gadget - it will pretty much turn off any TV around except for my father in laws rear projection Sanyo. I'd assume the newest "3.0" version would handle that. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because it eats batteries (new version supposedly better), the plastic housing is on the cheap side, and the styling is straight out of the 1950s - I wish it really did look like a car alarm keyfob! But I wouldn't be without it, the proliferation of blabbing TVs drives me NUTS! My favorite place to zap is in the Dr.'s office.Digital camera Review: Works, but a little slow, underpowered
Summary: 3 Stars
This item works as advertised, but it is a bit slow (it can take up to 60 seconds to fire off the right code depending on the TV you're pointing it at), and a little underpowered (you have to be sure to point it directly at the TV for it to work).Digital camera Review: Works, but seriously flawed
Summary: 2 Stars
While the device works, it is seriously flawed in its design and functionality.
Flaw #5: The device should've looked more like a pen rather than a remote. This would've made it even less suspicious.
Flaw #4: It should've had a mini-USB port or Bluetooth to update its firmware or configuration file with codes for new TVs.
Flaw #3: It shouldn't have had a light on it at all, as it can be a give away. While it's true that the light can be largely prevented from blinking continuously by pressing the button twice, it really didn't need to exist at all. A better indicator would've been a vibrator like one in most cell phones.
Flaw #2: The button keeps getting pressed all the time with this device in my pocket. Due to this, my device needs a new battery after less than two months of rare usage. The button should've been designed a little more carefully.
Flaw #1: The signal emitted from the device lacks power. The device therefore does not work from a distance, such from across a hospital's large waiting room. It probably should've been five times as powerful.
It would also be nice if it had a second button which would simply mute the TV.
Digital camera Review: Works...but wish infrared went through glass
Summary: 4 Stars
Works as advertised...but unfortunate that infrared doesn't work through glass...would be great to turn off the tv from outside the house.Digital camera Review: Worth every penny; great for emergency rooms; new & improved!
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, you can now escape other people's cigarette smoke, if you don't care to breathe it -- most of the time. But it seems there's no escape from TV in public places.
There you are, holding your seriously ill child on your lap in the emergency room at the hospital -- and the TV is blaring on about beheadings and rape. Great. Just what a five-year-old needs. Once we were the ONLY people in the emergency room, yet the nurse still refused to turn it off. I won't tell you what the show was.
Now you don't have to be helpless. Enter TV-B-GONE!
Just casually point the little black box at the tube and push the button. Within a minute or two (say 69 seconds), it will find the right code and stop the junk. If anyone else has been watching, they will blink, look around and pick up a magazine. Never, never, have I heard anyone complain when I've used my TV-B-Gone. And I've used it in plenty of doctor's offices and dry cleaners.
Mind you, I would never turn off the game in a sports bar to ruin other people's fun. For me, this fine little tool is about a bit peace and sanity.
OK -- batteries. After using this thing for a year and a half, it finally needed new batteries. That's a pretty darned good run. Radio Shack put crummy ones in, so they never worked. Off to the grocery store to try again. There's a new battery recommendation on the tvbgone website: use just two CR2032 batteries instead of three of the original 2016, they say.
Another reviewer complained that TV-B-Gone does just one thing, but . . . uh . . . check out the name. That's what it's for. Making TV be gone. Wanna watch TV? Then, dude, get a remote. (Or get up and walk to the tube, I guess.)
Another reviewer complained about regional TVs (NTSC versus PAL and so forth). There are TWO VERSIONS. Check out the tvgbone website for details. And note their disclaimer: "Although we tried our best to make your TV-B-Gone remote control turn off any and all TV's, there may be some few that it won't turn off."
It would be better if the device cycled through codes faster, but that's the only improvement I'd want. On the older models, you gotta wait those 69 seconds. Note that continuing to press the button is not necessary! The device is going to ignore you for next 69 seconds anyway, while it tries to do its job. (NOTE: I'm going to get the new, improved version. The "Instant Reactivation Feature" might make it work faster.)
I love the black plastic stealth design. Goes right on my key chain and keeps me anonymous as far as mean nurses are concerned.
And now, a word for another Amazon reviewer of this product, Aaron. I realize you are unlikely to read this, but since I can't get your mom on the phone just now, here it is. Aaron, your cruel treatment of young children (mentioned with glee in your review) reveals very immature and discourteous behaviour. Look, we've all played pranks. You probably meant to be funny. But please do pick on someone your own size. You could remember what it was like to be small yourself. What seems amusing at your age can cause a terrifying nightmare for a child -- which of course you would not be there to help with. At the very least, a ruined evening out is a pretty rotten thing to do to a kid or adult. If you read your review again, you might ask yourself how you made the world a better place that evening. How about you make up for it by turning off the TV next time you're in an emergency room at the hospital, okay?