Ralph: Sniff! Hammer hammer!
Sign: Lost TV clicker Owner is heartbroken! 555-1867
Ralph: If only he'd come when I call him!
Steinbauer: What, no reward?
Most readers are too young to remember when a TV’s remote control really was a clicker, i.e. made a clicking noise. It had 4 buttons, volume ↑ and ↓ and channel ↑ and ↓. Each button drove a hammer that struck a piece of metal that resonated at an ultrasonic frequency, and the user heard a “click”. Only the super-rich could afford them.
I had a tv so old it’s remote was cpmpressed air. You pushed a plunger and forced air through a tube. That moved the channel dial one step up. Couldn’t go backwards.
TV was not around when I was a child. My first “remote TV” had a device that ran across the floor from seat to TV. The first TV I saw was one that the family bought for my paternal Gma (who was somewhat disabled) and we got a Raytheon when I was a teen. My dad cut a hole in the wall between kitchen and spare room and installed a turn-table so we could watch it in either room. He was rather creative that way with a few things (as I have been myself).
RonaldDavis about 13 years ago
Most readers are too young to remember when a TV’s remote control really was a clicker, i.e. made a clicking noise. It had 4 buttons, volume ↑ and ↓ and channel ↑ and ↓. Each button drove a hammer that struck a piece of metal that resonated at an ultrasonic frequency, and the user heard a “click”. Only the super-rich could afford them.
bigal666 about 13 years ago
I had a tv so old it’s remote was cpmpressed air. You pushed a plunger and forced air through a tube. That moved the channel dial one step up. Couldn’t go backwards.
REDROCKER51 about 13 years ago
i had a remote control when i was single……now, my wife has it and i never saw it again…
rekam Premium Member about 13 years ago
So delete it from your Favorites and stop looking at it!
vldazzle about 13 years ago
TV was not around when I was a child. My first “remote TV” had a device that ran across the floor from seat to TV. The first TV I saw was one that the family bought for my paternal Gma (who was somewhat disabled) and we got a Raytheon when I was a teen. My dad cut a hole in the wall between kitchen and spare room and installed a turn-table so we could watch it in either room. He was rather creative that way with a few things (as I have been myself).