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How to deal with those annoying TVs blaring Fox News all day (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by BoycottPro@lemm.ee to c/chaoticgood@sopuli.xyz

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In fact you can use your smartphone to change the channel on nearly any TV. In the comments on that post some people talk about how to do it. Basically you need a smartphone with either builtin IR or use a USB-C IR blaster or if your phone has a 3.5mm headphone jack you can also try one of those but I'm not sure if the 3.5mm ones are as commonly supported.

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[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

In fact you can use your smartphone to change the channel on nearly any TV. In the comments on that post some people talk about how to do it. Basically you need a smartphone with either builtin IR or use a USB

I don't think have seen phone with built in IR in a decade.

[–] Tilgare@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I saw a video on a new budget phone recently that had IR. I think only the Chinese brands like Xiaomi, Vivo, and OnePlus are the ones carrying the torch at this point... But not even on all phones they release.

I carried around my old HTC One M7 in my laptop bag for YEARS after I had upgraded explicitly for the IR blaster. It's probably in there still right now in fact.

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, since it was mostly used for data connections between phones. It was replaced once bluetooth got a little bit better.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oppo is still including them

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

And Xiaomi, Oneplus R series.

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 points 1 week ago

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Android+usbc+ir+blaster

Me either, but the phone will commonly have a USV-C port

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The last one with IR I had was a Siemens mobile. Not even a smart phone. That was about 25ish years ago.