XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2022-09-20 22:08, micky wrote:   
   > In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:19:24 +0200, "Carlos   
   > E.R."  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Well, that started to happen when the remote was not old, and several   
   >> years later I'm still using that machine. It is my only device that   
   >> developed that problem. I have (had, I threw them away this summer) TVs   
   >> older than that.   
   >>   
   >> No one sells that ancient remote control AFAIK.   
   >   
   > On ebay I found someone who sells universale remotes that he has   
   > programmed for specific devices.   They aren't univesal anymore and they   
   > don't come with instructions how to make them universal or any other   
   > model. I think I found it just by googling the model number, but on ebay   
   > where I didn't expect them.   
   >   
   > One time I think he wrote me that he was going to stop because he was't   
   > making enough money anymore.  I said  Raise your price.   He still would   
   > have been cheaper then new old stock.  (It occurs to me now that I only   
   > know about my particular make and model, and I presume he sold many   
   > different models.)  I don't know what he decided to do.  He had one   
   > location in the USA and one in England, I think it was.   
      
   This particular machine is a very good design, but will be made obsolete   
   soon, if they mandate digital TV to be all in HD (it was scheduled for   
   this year, I think). My device can't do HD. And the aerial reception in   
   this room is bad.   
      
   It is a double tuner for terrestrial digital TV. It can use a shared   
   folder in a Linux or Windows computer for storage, or connect to an   
   external, USB2 hard disk. It is capable of making two simultaneous   
   recordings while playing from disk another program. It can be managed   
   via a mini web server, once it is flashed with community software   
   instead of the original one. It is, or was, really good. Except for the   
   remote.   
      
   I manage it via network, I almost never use the remote control.   
      
   I only mentioned it as an example of devices that work badly with a remote.   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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