YOUR Sky TV remote probably has a few tricks you didn’t know about. We reveal some of the hidden meanings behind lesser-used Sky buttons. There are two types: one with buttons on the circle, and one ...

Even before the addition of touchpads, remote controls were pushing the boundaries in terms of size as more and more features were crammed into home entertainment devices and more and more buttons ...

Your TV remote is probably the number one gadget you hate losing. Without it, watching TV is just so inconvenient. You'd either have to get up from the couch to push the buttons on the back of the TV, ...

If you own a smart TV, then you probably have streamer buttons on your remote control. This handy feature allows you to easily jump from an app like Netflix to Disney+, without having to escape back ...

I can’t figure out how to watch my brother’s TV. He’s explained it to me a hundred times, but that’s the curse of the baby-sitting uncle: It’s harder to work a remote control than it is to change a ...

I have never liked the slippery Siri Remote that Apple shipped with the fourth-generation Apple TV HD in 2015 and continues to offer as the default option for the Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K. But only ...

Remote controls help us manage various electronics around our homes, from gaming controllers to controls for TVs, ceiling fans, and other household gadgets. However, they're often overlooked when it ...

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Canadian smart lighting company Nanoleaf does everything a little differently. Its LED Light Panels (which made my favorite tech of 2017 list) are flat, interlocking and made to be mounted on a wall.

The remote control was the first truly wireless device to enter the home. It was co-invented by Robert Adler, who died earlier this year aged 93. While Adler was a prolific innovator, responsible for ...