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The buttons on Zenith’s original “clicker” remote were a mechanical marvel
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"Again, it required no batteries — much desired by Zenith, as the company didn’t want customers to think a TV was broken when the battery died."
Was this really that big of a concern? Did people really think that LMAO
Layer 8 issues occur all the time.
What's layer 8
Its a play on the 7 layer OSI Model. Layer 8 would be the user, also known as an ID-10T (idiot) or PEBKAC (problem exists between keyboard and chair).
I love this lore!
In a world where remotes are scarce, I could see how this would be a concern, yes.
Where remotes are scarce? What do you mean by that, are you talking about the time when they came in or now
They were talking about the device from the article, when a non-wired remote was a new and neat idea. Also, standardized, long-lasting batteries may not have been as common as we're used to these days.
That's the world where the original engineers decided not to go with an electronic device, so they didn't have customers buying the bleeding edge tech and thinking it had bricked a couple of months after purchase because "did you change the battery?" wasn't a consideration they were used to yet
When the remote controls were first invented.
Even today, in tech support, the issue is very often the user
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_error
Yeah, makes sense now that I think about it. People are always dumber than you think
If you're planning on selling 1 million units, a half of a percent of people making that mistake means a big headache.