The remote control has become a device that is equal parts practical and frustrating. Many gripe that their remotes have too many buttons and are easily misplaced, and it’s inconvenient to sit down in ...

The TV remote as we know it came about for one simple reason – one man’s desire to mute the ads he felt were ruining his TV watching. It began with something TV viewers of the 21st Century can still ...

In yesterday's roundup of the good, bad and ugly in new remote controls, we included one photo of a vintage remote: the Zenith Space Command. We identified it as the first TV remote, gave some details ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. “Nothing between you and the set but space!” This was the slogan that Zenith Electronics Corporation used to market ...