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((short description|Universal remote control device))
((More citations needed|date=May 2020))

[[Image:TV-B-Gone complete.jpg|right|thumb|A TV-B-Gone]]

'''TV-B-Gone''' is a [[universal remote]] control device for turning off various brands of [[television set]]s. Released in 2004, its inventor referred to it as "an environmental management device". Although it can require up to 72 seconds for the device to find the proper code for a particular [[television receiver]], the most popular televisions turn off in the first few seconds.((cn|date=September 2023))

== History ==
TV-B-Gone was invented by [[Mitch Altman]] and is sold by his company Cornfield Electronics. The standard model TV-B-Gone consists of an infra-red LED, two [[CR2032]] cells and an integrated circuit containing the television power code database, all in a plastic case. The original case aesthetics and design were created by Robert Ellis.

== Models ==
=== TV-B-Gone Pro SHP ===
The TV-B-Gone Pro SHP (Super High Power) is the latest TV-B-Gone to be announced. It is considerably more powerful than the standard model, using eight infra-red LEDs to allow TVs to be turned off from distances of up to 100 meters (300&nbsp;feet). TV-B-Gone Pro SHP is switchable between its North American and European databases of POWER codes. Later, in 2009, Mitch Altman made a new kind of TV-B-Gone Pro SHP. Instead of disguising it as an [[iPhone]], Mitch Altman has made the new and improved TV-B-Gone look like an [[iPod Nano]] and go ten more yards than the old one.

The recent((when|date=March 2018)) invention of >1W 850 and 970&nbsp;nm IREDs makes a miniature long range version of the TV-B-Gone feasible.

=== TV-B-Gone Kit ===
At several hacker conventions Mitch Altman has run workshops that allow participants to build their own TV-B-Gones using [[Adafruit Industries]]' [[micro controller]]–based mini-POV kit. Around January 2008, Adafruit Industries released a kit to build an open source TV-B-Gone.<ref>[https://learn.adafruit.com/tv-b-gone-kit TV-B-Gone Kit] Adafruit Learning System</ref>

== Consumer Electronics Show controversy ==
During the 2008 [[Consumer Electronics Show]], an individual associated with [[Gizmodo]] brought a TV-B-Gone remote control and shut off many display monitors at booths and during demos affecting several companies.<ref>[https://gizmodo.com/343348/confessions-the-meanest-thing-gizmodo-did-at-ces Confessions: The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> These actions caused the individual to be banned for life from future CES events.<ref>[https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/ceas-take-on-ces-gizmodo-prank-banned/ CEA's take on CES Gizmodo prank: Banned!]</ref>

==See also==
* [[TV turnoff]]
* [[White Dot]]

== References ==
<references />

==External links==
* [http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2009/03/25/sabotaging-television-with-a-click/ Sabotaging Television With A Click]
;tvbgone.com
* [http://www.tvbgone.com/ TV-B-Gone] tvbgone.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160510074311/https://code.google.com/archive/p/tv-b-gone/downloads TV-B-Gone DIY] with [[ATmega]]48/88 at code.google.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081113202721/http://www.tvbgone.com/mfaire/tvbgone/tvbgone_schem.pdf Schematics] tvbgone.com
;Adafruit Industries
* [http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=20 TV-B-Gone Kit] at shop Adafruit Industries
* [http://learn.adafruit.com/tv-b-gone-kit/ TV-B-Gone DIY] at learn Adafruit Industries
* [http://learn.adafruit.com/tv-b-gone-kit/download Schematic, firmware, board layout] at learn Adafruit Industries
;Android
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140430074018/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drakedroid.tvboff TV-B-Off] Android application

[[Category:Consumer electronics]]
[[Category:Open hardware electronic devices]]
[[Category:Television technology]]
[[Category:Television criticism]]

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