The Remote Control used to be more complicated than setting the clock on your microwave. It's no wonder that the word "couch potato" is a recent term and not an old adage. People before the 1950s actually watched TV without a remote, as I'm sure all of your elders have told you about already. That means no channel surfing, no immobility for hours, no perfect modern-day relaxation/fattening and, most importantly, no DVRs. Instead, they had to sit up close to the TV to manually push buttons to change the channels or lower the volume. That, or walk back and forth from their seat. It's a real toss up on which one's worse. So, you can imagine the great fanfare that came with the invention of the remote control. In all its black and white glory, the video on the right exhibits the grandeur of the 500 pound-looking remote control meant to make life so much easier. See the brick for yourself at 0:49, complete with awesome narration. The amount of programming and complication that went with these early TVs is amazing. It's great when technology actually scales back and makes things simpler to move forward. When I get home, I'm going to hug my remote. Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization Sponsor: RCA Victor
The First Television Remote Control! (1961)
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But I’m pretty sure that in those days to have that TV set,you’ve to be rich.
give it another 50 years and they’ll look back on us in the same way…
I can’t reach my remote
Actually, zenith was the first.
Woah! This…is…amazing! The first breakthrough in television since color tv! Nothing can beat this with it’s modern design, sturdy wooden construction, and durable remote control that even has it’s own compartment! And the screen on this tv is huge! Almost 6 inches across and only 23.5 inches thick!
Does it come in 3d?
@tubetode that’s amazing, I had no idea.
Damn when does this come out?
“hours of pure pleasure”
cooooooool
@Yeatric nah i will have her kid kids
@YourGamingTeam Yes, if you want a grandma
My favorite part of this video is
Im watching it in 2011
Its not related to Justin Bieber
Its in color
it got PWNED all over it
we don’t realize how the remote made us so much happier and yet we take advantage of it and don’t even realize we use the remote to actually change the channels we just do it…
but man mono freakin quality and FUCKING 4 SPEAKERS FUCK! i bet that thing is 1080P with Pure Black and white Quality I WANT ONE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, “channel selection,”…for all three channels that were available at the time XD
I’m absolutely amazed to see that tv’s with 4-speaker sound systems existed this early on. I was always under the impression 4-speaker sound was a mid-1970′s Zenith invention.
Why?? Why oh why have a woman standing next to it, staring?
does it have HDMI input?
@YourGamingTeam you missed the hooka next to it.lol
What’s that lady doing watching TV?
Has she made me dinner yet and what of my martini?
@andrzej67
Yeeah dude, totally agree!
Coza asy…
Responding to battery comment, ’60s technology could not create complex encoded electronic remote control signals in handheld consumer devices. Transistors were in their infancy, vacuum tubes ruled the industry and garage door transistor remotes broadcast a simple AM carrier to activate one action (open/close). Mechanical chimes were a clever solution. This TV’s vacuum tube receiver had bandpass filters to allow it to distinguish the sounds and was probably the size of a shoebox.
Me want.
@tubetode
Nice explanation. What do you want to bet that the TV and remote makers now are in bed with Energizer and Duracell ?
@tubetode wooooooooooooooow o_____0 thats awesome :D