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Old 04-11-2008, 07:42 PM
 
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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TV-B-Gone: Turn off Any TV! :: TV-B-Gone from Cornfield Electronics

Now..you can turn off annoying T.Vs. ...anywhere.. with this little bitty device.

Sort of like a cell phone jammer.
Howstuffworks "How Cell-phone Jammers Work"

So...what do you think? Do you think someone should be able to decide to turn off any TV? Anywhere? Or jam the annoying phone? Or should they simply sit there and be annoyed?

Actually jamming a phone is illegal in the US.

I wonder if turning off someone's TV is.....
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Old 04-12-2008, 09:01 PM
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It was evil when these guys used it at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year. I don't think it would be illegal to use it anywhere, though.
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