TV remote

[jack]

Where might my virgin media remote have hidden itself?

I had it last week, but I think I left it on the table and my cleaner (or landlord?) put it the "obvious" place but I can't work out where that is. It's not by the TV nor the other remotes. I don't THINK I packed it...

Comments

[gerald_duck]

I've sometimes thought that it would take all of 25p to add a photosensor and beeper to a remote control or similar small device (much less if it can already go beep, and/or is a learning remote).

Then it could go "beep" every so often if not exposed to light for, say, 48 hours. The pattern of beeps that would maximise battery life, minimise annoyance and maximise locatability, on the other hand, would be non-obvious.

[jack]

I nearly said "can someone ring my TV remote and I can see if I can hear where it's ringing from" :)

Maybe remote controls should have a wifi option, then (a) you can ping them and tell them to buzz to tell you where they are and (b) if you lose them, you can just control your TV from your computer, instead of having to try to buy a new remote...?

[gerald_duck]

ZigBee would be the thing — an open standard for low-power low-bandwidth wireless mesh communication.

Unfortunately, I've been waiting half a decade for it to become massive. Now I fear it never will. )-8