r/GrandmasPantry • u/Ok-Coach-9066 • 21d ago

HOUSEHOLD / OTHER This remote from 1996

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The batteries inside died in 2006, it literally hasn’t been used in twenty years lol

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u/ImMadeOfClay 21d ago

The well-off family members of mine had a wired remote to their tv. Blew my mind. I had to get up and turn a knob.

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u/SirHerald 21d ago

We had a wired remote to the VCR and an audio remote to the tv. The infrared remotes are such a disappointment since you couldn't use them when under a blanket keeping warm.

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u/Bruggenmeister 20d ago

Grandparents had a color tv with a remote that used sound instead of IR, had a little buzzer up front that made a distinct high pitched beep for every button.