Funny Pics
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wrote on 13 Feb 2024, 02:25 last edited by George K
@jon-nyc in the late 1960s, we had a remote-control TV. It was a Zenith, and I think the remote was called "Air Command."
It had two buttons. One was a volume up/down and the other was a channel up/down. When you pressed the channel up button, the dial on the front of the TV would turn and tune to the next channel. If you wanted to go up two channels, you pushed the button twice.
It was remarkable. It made a real "click" when you pushed the button, and we've called the remote a "clicker" ever since.
This is similar - it was a miracle of technology. Didn't need batteries, either.
This ad is from the 1970s.
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wrote on 13 Feb 2024, 11:35 last edited by
Nice. In the late 70s we had a VCR with a wired remote. It had about 15’ of cable.
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@jon-nyc in the late 1960s, we had a remote-control TV. It was a Zenith, and I think the remote was called "Air Command."
It had two buttons. One was a volume up/down and the other was a channel up/down. When you pressed the channel up button, the dial on the front of the TV would turn and tune to the next channel. If you wanted to go up two channels, you pushed the button twice.
It was remarkable. It made a real "click" when you pushed the button, and we've called the remote a "clicker" ever since.
This is similar - it was a miracle of technology. Didn't need batteries, either.
This ad is from the 1970s.
Link to videowrote on 13 Feb 2024, 19:02 last edited by@George-K yea I’m a boomer also and I also call it a clicker and yes we had the same remote.
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wrote on 14 Feb 2024, 00:48 last edited by
Seriously? Didn’t have a remote until ~ 1988, when we got cable. Being poor sucked in some ways.
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Seriously? Didn’t have a remote until ~ 1988, when we got cable. Being poor sucked in some ways.
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@jon-nyc said in Funny Pics:
Nice. In the late 70s we had a VCR with a wired remote. It had about 15’ of cable.
VCR? Late 70s? Bet it was a Betamax…
You rich bastard!
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wrote on 14 Feb 2024, 03:08 last edited by
We had a Zenith with the click remote. It went haywire in a cool way. You could clap your hands and the channel would change. My friends thought it was amazing. Unfortunately, it got to the point where a loud TV program would make it go into a channel-changing frenzy along with blasting the volume.
I think the clicker may have worked by making a certain specific pitch or "ding" sound. We could shake the hanging lamp chain and cause the TV to go mega nuts. -
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This will be popular
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Both parked on my block
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