The TV-B-Gone blocker

The TV-B-Gone has met its match. Or found its antidote. Or whatever metaphor you want. But anyway, this has surely been around a lot longer than our new fave tool for mischieviousness, but someone is selling a "TV BE GONE INTERCEPTOR" on eBay that they claim can stop the TV-B-Gone (which is what we assume they mean there) or any other infrared remote control from working (punk the prankster!). We're gonna buy one of these and then quietly mess with Phillip when he tries to show off his TV-B-Gone for us when we're in Seattle next week.

[Thanks, Dominic]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:07AM]

There's a cheaper version of this. Electical/Duck/Masking tape.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:07AM]

I created my own �TV BE GONE INTERCEPTOR� long time ago. I know I'm always a bit earlier with all these inventions. Here is how to make it: get a scisors and a piece of tape. Stick the tape on the IR receiver of your tv set. It doesnt need batteries! Ok, cut the rest of your scotch tape into small pieces and sell them on ebay as genuine �TV BE GONE INTERCEPTOR�.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:07AM]

I guess the signal con be capturated as an audio file just like with the tv-bgone and make a loop for the audio with the total remote from my ipod.

Does some one have the audio capture for the tv-bgone so y can play with it,

Thanks

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:07AM]

That not very difficult to do, IR is just light that we don't see, when you press a button on your remote the "light" flash to send the word associated with the function... so to block that all you need is a "light" always on so your device will never see the signal coming from the remote.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:07AM]

You could make a working TV Be Gone (TBG)protector that would fit over your TVs IR window and do the following.

If it receives a single burst of IR it relays it to the TVs IR. If it receives an extended burst of IR like the TBG sends when it's trying all the various combinations, then it doesn't relay the signal to the TV.

That can't be *too* difficult to put together surely.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:07AM]

omg
stupid

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:07AM]

TV b Gone esque sound file for ipod.

http://homepage.mac.com/jbella/

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:07AM]

Just turn off the TVs, why is that so hard for everyone? Live life not "reality" TV.