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1. "Now where was the Discovery Channel? Yellow or orangish yellow?"
2. What about tv's with more than 102 channels?]]>Oct 5th 2007 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/if your t.v has more then 102 channels you will have to buy the 40 inch remote and if you have more then 204 channels they do thave the cable link that can be pluged into your 40 inch remote with an extra 40 inch remote...lol i'm suprised they don't have it]]>Oct 5th 2007 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/
This design is cute, but stupid.]]>Oct 5th 2007 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 7th 2007 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/
There's a whole world of "Channel Surfing Hero" to be explored here.]]>Oct 5th 2007 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/
amateurish ! just like everything else from art lebedev its based on a "wouldn't it be cool" or "you know what would look cool" - trying to stand out basing itself on shallow thought .. just like the lcd keyboard - deceptively useless]]>Oct 5th 2007 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/
this remote would make a great paddle tho]]>Oct 5th 2007 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/
When was the last time Art Lebedev actually made something? (Ray-traced images don't count.)]]>Oct 5th 2007 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/]]>Oct 5th 2007 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/
Eww.

-also not available until 2008, sorry. ]]>Oct 5th 2007 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/
Just a thought.
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Sky has over 600 channels.]]>Nov 30th 2007 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/
Seriously, I've got a better idea. How about making a sphere with these buttons all over it, no labels, and make the buttons all one color.

Or, make a remote with just one huge button in the middle - call it, "The Randomizer".
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The OLPC project...

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The [O]ne [L]cd-key [P]er [C]hannel Project =P]]>Oct 5th 2007 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/
What makes channel navigation frustrating on a typical remote is the digit number switch button ("_" / "_ _" / "_ _ _") and the microscopic circle rubber buttons that aren't easy to push quickly. Since most people have over 9 channels (10 with 0) it doesn't make sense to optimize the selection of channels 0-9 anymore, so the switch should go.

Want to make better remote? Go with bigger, firm, concave plastic buttons that are easy to push, and replace the switch button with bigger enter button (1+enter, 132+enter, 12+enter), like on a numeric keypad.

Want to make EVER better remote? Eliminate the channel buttons and put a touch screen with scrollable channel icons, the favorites listed on top. iPhone of a remote.

And a cheaper version of the last design: replace the remote with a remote mouse with scrollwheel and two buttons, and put the icons on the screen itself.

Now THAT, I call good design. But of course a two button mouse won't have enough buttons to show off our super turbo power rainbow coloring skills.]]>Oct 5th 2007 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/
kids would try and peel off the buttons and eat them!]]>Oct 6th 2007 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/
Makes you wonder why he couldn't convince the design team to ditch the Home and on/off buttons off the iPhones :)]]>Oct 5th 2007 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/
Honestly, home many of you watch more than, say, 15 channels regularly? Make a remote with 15 largish OLED buttons that show the channel logo with the current show superimposed over it for your "favorite" channels. I mean, i get probably 400 channels or something absurd like that, but I only ever watch a dozen at most. Heck, you could even get away with 5 OLED buttons for the 65 most watched channels (which id guess for most people comprise 90% of tv watching), and then a regular guide/arrows button for the rest if youre really bored.

Sure, its unnecessarily complex and expensive, but do you really expect any less from art lebedev? And if it DID work and you could afford one, how freaking cool would it be?

Oh, and there should be two more oled buttons at the bottom that automatically show any channel thats currently showing TNG or Walker: Texas Ranger.]]>Oct 5th 2007 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/
Does anybody remember a MAD comics cartoon where this guy presses a button on the remote and the TV walks over to him?]]>Oct 5th 2007 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/art-lebedevs-pultius-remote-one-button-for-every-channel/Oct 5th 2007 1:43PM