The first TV remote control was the Zenith Flash-Matic, developed in 1950. It was nicknamed the “Lazy Bones”. A cable ran from the TV set to the viewer and a motor in the TV set operated the tuner through the remote control. Viewers changed the channel by rotating the tuner clockwise or counterclockwise. The remote control included buttons that turned the TV on and off.
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Well, I feel like my childhood in the '50's was somehow not complete.
ReplyDeleteWe did, however, have a 'blonde' TV set...courtesy of my Gramma.
I was my grandmother's remote control.
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