The Insignia 8-Device Backlit Universal Remote is a good choice for people whose gear works via infrared control (IR); it doesn’t work with devices that you control by Bluetooth, radio frequency ...

While conventional televisions are controlled using a physical remote, a feature on smartphones known as IR blaster has made this hardware somewhat obsolete, thanks to the best universal tv remote ...

TV remotes still use infrared because it’s cheap, universal, and reliable. Remotes often use IR for basic functions and ...

The Medius connects to the Universal Remote Control IR database online and can get new codes as they are released. That means that your Medius can potentially be used forever.

This week's How-To is a fun one, we take an iPod and turn it in to a universal infrared remote control which can be used to control all your home electronic equipment, or just about anything that ...

The more a remote costs, the more flexibility it should have to control different kinds of devices. Most AV devices still rely on IR (infrared) control, where you must point the remote's IR ...

We’re really starting to enjoy the home entertainment control hacks which use a universal receiver to act on commands from any remote. This one is especially interesting as it uses a single ...

If your universal remote has no software for programming, but it offers the option to learn commands, you can use the remote control that came with the IR reciever to teach it the commands.

If you have a reasonable home theater setup in your living room, odds are you have up to half a dozen remotes sitting around. Short of trying to get your cable receiver’s remote to control ev… ...

You can control way more than a TV with a universal remote app. Here's our guide to getting familiar with apps and hubs that can power multiple gadgets.

Like the PS3 before it, the PlayStation 4 won't work with standard IR universal remotes.

This universal remote is not just able to tame the many devices living within your media center but also capable of controlling a variety of smart home devices as well.