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How to deal with those annoying TVs blaring Fox News all day (sopuli.xyz)

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Source: https://bsky.app/profile/funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social/post/3lmkfwebeuc27

In fact you can use your smartphone to change the channel on nearly any TV. In the comments on that post some people talk about how to do it. Basically you need a smartphone with either builtin IR or use a USB-C IR blaster or if your phone has a 3.5mm headphone jack you can also try one of those but I'm not sure if the 3.5mm ones are as commonly supported.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (9 children)

There is this place I unfortunately have to go to a lot that always has Fox News on really loud and a bunch of white dude boomers watching it. April was glorious. They had the weather channel on lmao but it’s back now

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

That's really annoying. Do you think they'd notice you using your phone to change the station and possible remove Fox from the channel list? Is there windows in the building with the TVs? There are some high power IR blasters that might let you change it from outside.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

It would be funny to block the channel ngl but I don't know what they're using to get fox specifically. A lot of cable news is now part of a digital tv package, so TV access isn't enough. I'd need to get to their verizon/AT&T/etc. box which usually operates independently through the HDMI.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's right but it doesn't necessarily mean that access is impossible, just need the codes for the box instead of the TV assuming it has an infrared sensor on the box.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

True true

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