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Interoperable Remote Controls
Lord Prox writes "From the HAVi website:
"Ever dreamed of how your ideal home could function in the new millennium? A TV with voice recognition capability? Or connected to a video telephone link so that the TV is muted and calls are answered automatically by a voice command? How about a video camera that automatically displays a picture on the TV screen when a visitor arrives; or starts a recording if the same thing happens unexpectedly during the night?"
Apparently 8 of the leading consumer electronics companies are trying to get rid of all those remotes and do some cooperation over IEEE 1394. Whitepapers and FAQ available."
How about a video camera that automatically displays a picture on the TV screen when a visitor arrives
Why not just look out the window?
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great, instead of fighting for the remote we will be fighting the other people in the room until they shutup and done say anything.
The number of gaggings will be at an all time high. Just imagine having that in a bar full of drunks!
How many remotes do you have?
Slashdotter are stupid and biased.
To go with the super-remote system (which includes a video monitor so you don't even have to look over your shoulder to see who is nagging you to get up out of the chair for once), and the Wireless Beer Glass, we'll have the Electronic Depends diapers so you can stay in that barcalounger for days at a time. Each with its own TCP/IP address, the diaper will send an alarm to the Internet when it is too wet and needs to be changed.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
I am up off the couch. There are still no windows through which I can see the door.
> EXAMINE DOOR
The door is solid. I cannot see through it.
> HELP
There is no help available. For some reason, you are not allowed to hook up a camera to the doorbell so you can see who's there, despite the fact that this technology has been available for years. This is because someone on Slashdot doesn't like the idea for some reason.
> IGNORE SLASHDOT POSTER
Believe me, I do.
Television remotely controls YOU!
Now I can lose 1 remoted and disable up to 8 devices!!!
Ignore the "p2p is theft" trolls, they're just uninformed
There's always this baby
Ever dreamed of how your ideal home could function in the new millennium?
Hi, I'm Troy McClure. Let me tell you about a great new product:
Tiny Wireless Camera for Fun _and_ Safety! Camera fits anywhere... yeah, anywhere. (camera pans down woman's shirt)
Wait, what's the safety part?
I just like the current one, except without the roaches.
I don't have any of these problems that you guys are having. I live in South Carolina, and my couch is in the front yard.
Wow, it seems those JavaDrugs really do work!
Why did you provide a link, didn't you got the popup window?
Oh yeah, I've even managed to set up my universal remote so the girlfriend can use it!!! Yep, made the on/off button clear and she hit's another button to fire off a macro to set up TV viewing (set correct AV channel on TV, select correct input on Amp, set up the digital TV box, etc in one hit).
Ok, this is obviously a troll.
Not that you couldn't set up a macro to run when a key is pressed on the universal remote. I'm sure there are guys geeky enough to figure out how to attach macro code to a remote button. Hey, the macro's probably even written in PERL.
But you can't do that and have a girlfriend. Not the three dimensional, non-inflatable, non-polyethylene kind anyway.
So this is obviously a troll.
Opinions on the Twiddler2 hand-held keyboard?
I can see it now - instead of wrestling with your three brothers over who gets control of the remote, (coupled with advanced techiques of covering the remote sensor on the TV, and turning on-off the VCR, cable box, and DVD depending on which remote you have in your posession), there will be a great shouting matches. A marked improvement I must say - kind of like the UN.
That is of course until my mom has had enough, walks into the garage, flips the circit breaker for the living room and orders us outside. (Unless that is also controlled by voice activated firewire. hmm...)
Actually, I would just settle for being able to FIND the #!@$%#$ed remote control!
Hey, Windows users, there is no such thing as "forward" slash, there is only slash and backslash.
Subject is an oxymoron. Perhaps it should have a different name?
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