SmoothCriminal Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Hilarious prank Gizmodo did up at CES: http://gizmodo.com/343348/confessions-the-...modo-did-at-ces The device they used (TV-B-Gone) also looked like a good way to get your feet wet in soldering like the Herby Mouse. I am looking forward to going to best buy or fry's and trying out the remote. I don't really like what they did to the Motorola presenter though, he could get in trouble for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Saw that. They should walk in to a random Best buy or the like and try the same shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 journalists my ass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothCriminal Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 journalists my ass And the sad thing is they will be invited back next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 meh it entertains the n00bs, so they go free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothCriminal Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 journalists my ass And the sad thing is they will be invited back next year. LOL I spoke to soon: http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9849168-7.html%22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 journalists my ass And the sad thing is they will be invited back next year. LOL I spoke to soon: http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9849168-7.html%22 Awesome. Serves 'em right. Granted the 13 year old boy in my finds it hilarious while the hacker in my finds it eye rolling obvious but Seriously that prank makes the rest of us new media types look bad. It's one thing to try this at DEFCON but CES, come on! Especially interrupting motorolla's press event. I really hope nobody got fired over that. Call me a prude, this is just how I feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 1 time would be funny, more than that is pushing it. Loads of times? Your a cock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archangel Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I would actually want something like that, then again I would only use for when I need to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I would actually want something like that, then again I would only use for when I need to use it. http://store.makezine.com/ProductDetails.a...Code=MKTVBGOKIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archangel Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 http://store.makezine.com/ProductDetails.a...Code=MKTVBGOKIT I might be able to make one with all the spare parts I have but I also wonder if it can turn on TVs too... Either way I will probably get this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor512 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I want to try to make a software version of tv b gone for pocket pc's (would be really good to have :) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I want to try to make a software version of tv b gone for pocket pc's (would be really good to have :) ) I don't have a link but I think that already exists. Not sure of compatibility because Pocket PCs are usually IrDA and consumer electronics work on different frequencies but I'm pretty sure it can be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I want to try to make a software version of tv b gone for pocket pc's (would be really good to have :) ) I don't have a link but I think that already exists. Not sure of compatibility because Pocket PCs are usually IrDA and consumer electronics work on different frequencies but I'm pretty sure it can be done. Yeah, it does exist. Not sure about the multi device tv off code thing but at least a basic remote control has been done for pocket pc. I first saw it back in 2002. The problem is that the IR leds in the PPCs arent very powerful. Maybe with a little modding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor512 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 the ir in my pocket pc (ipaq rx3115 has a pretty good range but the built in remote software is not the best) i mainly have my pocket pc remote (nevo) to control the tv, sound system and dish network dvr. since it allows you to record commands, i can have it automatically, change all sound settings and volume to the levels that i like them in the morning and after doing that it will turn everything off. it also allows tb b gone type function but it is too slow as it has a built in delay and it will take weeks to record a long enough command for it to cycle through all 300 codes and the l second delay between remote codes also makes it hard (it is like they wanted to make sure people cant use it for this) the range seems to be around 50 feet (tested it in an store by turning a tv off and back on ) (the only problem is that since the led is hidden behind the plastic, it's effects are not as wide ) if i could remove that 1 second delay when cycling through remote codes, i would take the time to have it cycle through all 300 of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Totally agree with VaKo.. I hope they will be banned from the event for life.. I wont even call it a prank, when they do it that much.. Damn.. I would more call it vandalism... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Totally agree with VaKo.. I hope they will be banned from the event for life.. I wont even call it a prank, when they do it that much.. Damn.. I would more call it vandalism... A prank is the one clip in which they turned off the TV the guy was playing Guitar Hero on. Do that a couple of times and its a prank. The rest of it was taken too far and now they'll pay the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 What kid doesn't go crazy with new toys? You have to do it until you get it out of your system. If they had only showed themselves doing it once, would you still beleive that they only did it once? I think they probably did it more than they showed on the video, which makes it more annoying. Same goes for people sniffing wifi and bluetooth. Cell phone jammers, etc. You know who you are people....you know who you are.... :pirate: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 At a TV store in your local mall maybe, but at a fucking trade show where they gave you a press pass?... Really makes Internet journalists look like a serious bunch of professionals doesn't it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 At a TV store in your local mall maybe, but at a fucking trade show where they gave you a press pass?... Really makes Internet journalists look like a serious bunch of professionals doesn't it... I am not saying they arent douche bags for over doing it. And like I said, I think there was probably a LOT more of them doing this than what they showed in the video. I just think they are like any little kid with a new toy. And if you read the Gizmodo blog, these are not "professionals" in the sense of conservative journalism, but are "professionals" when it comes to pure adolescent behaviour. Look at some of the images they post for their headlines. They always have some added caption which is usally offensive or NSFW. It's pretty much expected from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I hope they will be banned from the event for life.. Looks like they did. http://gizmodo.com/344447/giz-banned-for-l...bedience-at-ces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothCriminal Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 Most of it was in good fun, the Motorola event really pissed me off though, that guy I am sure worked hard on that presentation. Interesting response Gizmodo had to being banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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