{"id":15249,"date":"2012-05-22T18:40:20","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T22:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=15249"},"modified":"2012-05-23T00:31:24","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T04:31:24","slug":"r-i-p-eugene-polley-inventor-of-the-tv-remote-control-died-pics-1st-tv-sold-remote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/05\/r-i-p-eugene-polley-inventor-of-the-tv-remote-control-died-pics-1st-tv-sold-remote.html","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Eugene Polley, inventor of the TV remote control died (Pics: 1st TV sold &amp; Remote)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>THE MAN AND THE DEVICE THAT MADE &#8220;COUCH POTATO&#8221; OUR FAVORITE POSITION<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/05\/Eugene-Polly-Inventor-of-1st-TV-Remote-1915-2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15251\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/05\/Eugene-Polly-Inventor-of-1st-TV-Remote-1915-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a>Eugene Polley earned 18 U.S. patents for his inventions, which include the &#8220;Flash-matic&#8221; remote control. Introduced in 1955, the gadget &#8220;used a flashlight-like device to activate photo cells on the television set to change channels,&#8221; according to one-time TV powerhouse Zenith.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15254\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/05\/Zenith-Flash-matic-Remote-Invented-1955.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15254\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/05\/Zenith-Flash-matic-Remote-Invented-1955.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"526\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zenith Flash-matic Remote Invented 1955<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Flash-Matic was followed by the Space Command, which was developed by the late Robert Adler, a fellow Zenith engineer who built upon Polley&#8217;s invention. These early iterations have since given way to more advanced infrared and radio-frequency remotes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15253\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/05\/Zenith-TV-1st-TV-sold-with-remote-invented-by-Eugene-Polley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15253\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/05\/Zenith-TV-1st-TV-sold-with-remote-invented-by-Eugene-Polley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"754\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zenith TV - 1st TV sold with remote wireless remote  - So why would an otherwise sane person rent a van and drive 900 miles round trip to pick up a mid 50&#039;s TV that cost $10 on eBay? Simple, this Zenith was the first set sold with wireless remote control and that makes it worth the effort to save it from the landfill! - http:\/\/www.vintagetvsets.com\/fm1.htm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not content to rest on his laurels, Polley also worked on the push-button radio for cars and on development of the video disk, predecessor of today&#8217;s DVD.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15262\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/05\/Robert-Adler-Inventor-of-TV-Remote.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15262\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/05\/Robert-Adler-Inventor-of-TV-Remote.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Adler Inventor of 2nd Generation of TV Remote - Born December 4, 1913 in Vienna, Austria - Died February 15, 2007 (aged 93) Boise, Idaho, U.S. in a nursing home of heart failure at age 93 years old<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15267\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/05\/Zenith-Space-Commander-600-TV-Remote.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15267\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/05\/Zenith-Space-Commander-600-TV-Remote.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zenith Space Commander 600 TV Remote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eugene Polley, Inventor of the First Wireless TV Remote Control, Has Died<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/money\/la-fi-mo-money-minute-20120522,0,2796250.story<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electronichouse.com\/slideshow\">Slideshow<\/a>:<\/strong> A History of TV Remote Controls<\/strong><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.electronichouse.com\/slideshow\/category\/3894\/656<\/li>\n<li>Eugene Polley, Inventor of the First Wireless TV Remote Control, Has Died<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5912204\/eugene-polley-inventor-of-the-first-wireless-tv-remote-control-has-died<\/li>\n<li>R.I.P. Eugene Polley, inventor of the TV remote control [Video]<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/money\/la-fi-mo-money-minute-20120522,0,2796250.story<\/li>\n<li>Robert Adler (Wikipedia)<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Adler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"1\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Posted by Donna Calvin \u2014 Tuesday, May 22, 2012<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please share this Watchwoman post on your Facebook page, Linkedin, Google+1, Twitter to all your friends, Please click \u201cLike\u201d, Share, and Leave Comments.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit Word Warriorette, a free Yahoo Group, and subscribe to be notified (one email a day) of new posts on Watchwoman.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/WordWarriorette\/\">http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/WordWarriorette\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n<h6><em>DISCLAIMER: Beliefnet puts paid advertisements on \u201cWatchwoman on the Wall\u201d blog site including some that would never be approved of by the King James Bible, Pastor Ernie Sanders of Doers of the Word Church, What\u2019s Right-What\u2019s Left Radio Ministry, the Voice of the Christian Resistance, Geauga County Right to Life and Donna Calvin.\u00a0 We at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrwl.org\/\">www.WRWL.org<\/a> do not condone, endorse, adhere to, practice or believe in many of the topics and some of what other bloggers promote or their religions at Beliefnet.\u00a0 However, Mrs. Calvin has no control of what Beliefnet displays.\u00a0\u00a0 She blogs at Beliefnet because she is in the missionary field ministering to true believers posting articles and commentaries informing pro-life, conservative Christians of recent anti-Christian acts and hostile legislation to God\u2019s Agenda and His Will for the world.\u00a0 Hopefully, unbelievers will read these along with the salvation message of Jesus Christ as written in the Gospel of John, Chapter 3, according to the King James Bible, and be saved.\u00a0 A missionary must go into the unbelievers\u2019 territory to reach them.\u00a0 Her mission is to Proclaim Warning to a Nation that has forgotten their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the only Truth, the Life, and the only Way to the One God the Father.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=4928\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=4928<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE MAN AND THE DEVICE THAT MADE &#8220;COUCH POTATO&#8221; OUR FAVORITE POSITION Eugene Polley earned 18 U.S. patents for his inventions, which include the &#8220;Flash-matic&#8221; remote control. 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