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Old Nov 10, 2006 | 12:26 PM
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Default Universal remote control watch?

I know this is random, but I remember back in high school a friend of mine had this watch that was a universal remote. He let me borrow it a few times when I knew I had a movie to watch in one of my classes. I could program the watch for the tv, vcr, etc. It was so hilarious turning the volume up and down, turning it off and on, changing the channels, etc. and the teacher freaking out while the entire class cracked up! I remember it being able to do several brands of TVs, VCRs, etc. It was a fun little toy and would like to have one. Anyhow, has anyone ever seen or used one? Where could I get one at?
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Old Nov 10, 2006 | 12:30 PM
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I had one lol... I could also use my pda to do the same thing.. fun times!

have you tried ebay?

http://cgi.ebay.com/UNIVERSAL-REMOTE...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Universal-Remote...QQcmdZViewItem

http://search.ebay.com/search/search...rol&category0=
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Old Nov 10, 2006 | 12:31 PM
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I haven't tried Ebay as I'm really not sure what the technical name for it is.
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Old Nov 10, 2006 | 12:32 PM
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I posted some links for ya!
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Old Nov 10, 2006 | 12:53 PM
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Did the same thing in high school also lol. except we changed the channels to Jerry Springer and stuff in the middle of class.

Friend bought his at radio shack. Granted that was maybe 6 years ago but you never know. They may still have it
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Old Nov 10, 2006 | 01:14 PM
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Nothing more fun than when the channel at the bar gets changed over to 60 minutes or something during a football game
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Old Nov 10, 2006 | 05:55 PM
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Kid I knew in highschool had one too. He also had a PDA that would do the same.
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Old Nov 10, 2006 | 06:01 PM
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those are gay and cool at the same time.
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i had a pda like that... in freshman year, i used to turn the tvs on in the middle of class (my school has the tvs mounted to wall) and just mess with the teachers that noone liked... it was always fun
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Old Nov 10, 2006 | 07:31 PM
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All the teachers around here knew that if the tv turned on it was some jackass in class and they would walk around until they found the watch..They usually look cheap and plasticy
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my teachers were oblivious, even the ones who knew it was a student were looking for watches.. i just had my pda shoved in my pocket
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We still do it all the time. We will turn it on the news all the time. Do yall think i could some how do it with my treo 650 since its basically a pda?
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We still do it all the time. We will turn it on the news all the time. Do yall think i could some how do it with my treo 650 since its basically a pda?
ditto that would be some good info to know and it also has a infrared thing on top.
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 11:10 AM
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Wifi is where its at nowadays.. I remember watching a news clip in Cali about a school that went to Wifi. Some kid with a PDA zapped some **** onto every computer in the school right from his math class.. I thought it was pretty hilarious
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