TV-B-Gone Wikipedia Article

TV-B-Gone This article needs additional citations for verification. (May 2020) Learn more TV-B-Gone is a universal remote control device for turning off a large majority—about 85% [citation needed]—of the available brands of television sets in 2015. It was created to allow people in a public place to turn off nearby television sets. Its inventor has referred to it as "an environmental management device". The device is part of a key-chain, and, like other remote devices, is battery-powered. Although it can require up to 72 seconds for the device to find the proper code for a particular television receiver, the most popular televisions turn off in the first few seconds. Contents History TV-B-Gone was invented by Mitch Altman and is sold by his company Cornfield Electronics. Altman was one of the pioneers A TV-B-Gone

A screenshot of a Wikipedia article about the TV-B-Gone, a key-chain universal remote control designed to switch off nearby televisions. The joke is the absurdly formal description of a device intended for secretly turning off TVs in public places, often shared as a reaction to annoying screens or unwanted television noise.

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