Comments on: Adafruit releases new TV-B-Gone kit

By: mrx23dot

mrx23dot — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 23:35:51 +0000

Hi, I’m selling my 2017 version TV-B-Gone http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/322425850293

By: DragonSlayer

DragonSlayer — Thu, 01 May 2014 15:56:07 +0000

Leaving your TV open to such devices is no different than leaving your WiFi open and complaining when you are “hacked”. Any publicly open/shared communication port is up for grabs if the default factory setting is open to the public and you leave it open. Learn how to operate your equipment and you will not have a problem. It seems like every device you purchase these days can hacked remotely. It is up to you to educate yourself and purchase a TV that is secure.

My TV-B-Gone is not powerful enough, I would like one of those 300ft suckers! Is there a kit? also, is it possible to add more codes such as PVR, X-BOX, etc…? Maybe a larger capacity chip or even a second chip?

By: theCreator

theCreator — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:15:43 +0000

On a more productive note. the crappy brand of lcd tv I own (westinghouse) is not supported. Nor is it supported by any universal remote, which is probably the reason. So if you really want to protect your bars tv’s buy a westinghouse, they are both garbage and secure. ;-)

By: HiredMind

HiredMind — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:22:25 +0000

Just so everyone knows, using one of these is illegal. (In civil court, not criminal. In other words you can be sued for it. But you can’t go to jail for it.)

In any case, you should also know that I am working on a detector for these devices – it will sound an alarm when one of them is used, and take a picture of the user by triangulating their position.

The idea is to give businesses the tool they need to be able to swear out trespass warrants against the users, so that next time they enter the business, they can be immediately arrested.

By: Darcy S

Darcy S — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:14:11 +0000

how is it possible to extend the remote control capability of a TVBGone, that device that shuts off virtually any tv? suppose I want to stick it up in a tree, aim it at a neighbor’s tv which goes all night but want to control it from inside my own house? is this possible? I came across this website:
http://www.smarthome.com/8045I/IR-to-RF-to-IR-Remote-Control-Range-Extender-Kit-433-MHz/p.aspx

which mentions an IR to RF to IR remote control device- do I need one of those? Thank you

By: vec7or

vec7or — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:06:18 +0000

All of this talk about range is nothing without something like this:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14061
Probably I’ll mate that with some optics and randomly turn of TVs in some 300m in front of me.
As for antisocial behavior – it was said earlier – you’re pushing the button, not the tv-b-gone.

By: Agent420

Agent420 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:38:51 +0000

Get off my lawn !!!