Re: I/R remotes

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From: charles he hemstreet
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 1990 19:33

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In article <1606@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Greg Ebert) writes:

   I/R remote trivia:

   You can reflect I/R beams off lightly colored (ie white) surfaces. I got my
   TV & VCR to respond around corners -- not just line-of-sight. No luck with
   double reflections.

Imagine my surprise when I turned 180 degrees from my TV to my
roommate to pretend to turn him off, pointed at my roommates face, hit
the off button, and turned off the tv instead!  There were no mirrors
behind him, so I suppose the beam reflected off his eyes, or teeth. :-)

Charles

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