Daniel James wrote:
> I don't think I ever saw a TV with remote control until at least the mid
> 1970s, and by then the technology was firmly in the i/r age.

The first remote control I ever saw was in the middle eighties, but the
TV in question was several years old at the time. It was fully
electronic and had many buttons, but it worked through ultrasound.

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