T/V Control Handsets.

Why don't Manufacturers of T/V Control Handsets change their colour code ?.
For as long as I can remember they have been Black,sometimes Metallic Grey.

Why don't they make them in bright Fluorescent colours, ie Yellows,Reds, Greens,Blues?.
These colours are more prominent in darkened room conditions as we have, when watching T/V.
The companies cannot say It's because it's stronger impact on Dark Colours because they contain more Pigments ,Carbon Black etc and they will withstand more abuse and harder to break than lighter Pigmented Colours.
The Plastic used in Genuine Lego is the same grade as the handsets and look at the abuse Lego takes with children, and Lego has a Multitude of Fluorescent colours.

How often have you heard,"Where is the Controller"?,( Not The G C One).

"Who Was Last With The Controller"?, (Definitely Not The G C One)..

Or when your half gassed trying to change channels and you can't see the buttons, the phone rings, and you pick up the T/V control, "HELLO"..

 

The days of the telly remote are numbered. Already their are setups where you control your whole media setup (TV and music) through a phone app, and in some cases speech recognition is used. Its still not quite mainstream yet, but it will be in time.

 

That's okay Clueless if you've got an up to date phone, mine's ancient.

 

Oh, me too @Sheal ... ,mine is called ...



















... "A landline" (and after months without, very glad of it I am too)!

 

It's not a problem for me anyway, I haven't had a television for four years.

 

My Telly is thought controlled

 

Have you noticed how google is thought controlled nowadays? You know the search suggestion autocomplete thingy? Whenever a real obscure random thought pops into my head, I start typing it and it just comes up with what I was thinking as the top suggestion. Its spooky.

 

Just a Loli thought but can you remember the days before 'Hoofer doofers' ? Imagine how many times we'd have to get up out of our chairs to 'turn over' to find something worth watching these days

 

The government and doctors keep worrying about a growing (excuse the pun) obesity problem throughout Europe. Perhaps we could get the EU to ban TV remotes. I suspect that turning the telly over would be the most exercise some people would get, but it must be better than nothing.

 

With boiler replacement on the cards for me at the moment it's regulation for a new one to have a thermostat. At the moment I control mine either by adjusting the boiler or the stats on the radiators. My 'man that does' says the new boiler will have a wireless thermostat like a remote control. I'd not heard of that until now, technology certainly moves fast!