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October 12, 2011 01:01 pm PDT
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Flash Matic Tuning, a device to shut off long, boring commercials
Love this old ad for Zenith's early remote control, the "Flash Matic," which let you "shut off long, annoying commercials while picture remains on screen!" (a process that was eventually known as "muting"). I grew up with a Zenith TV that had the next generation of remotes, a little box with a cunning series of [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/YQOoV77g6eI/flash-matic-tuning-a-device-to-shut-off-long-boring-commercials.html
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