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It's a Hit!

OK, a bit obvious this one, you may think, but I nearly voted this a maybe.  Why?  Read on...

Whilst we all have dozens of remote controls in our house for TV, video recorder, satellite system, hi-fis and DVD players, (and perhaps lights, curtains, garage doors security cameras, video-cams, car locking systems etc.) why, oh why was there not a world standard.  I'm fed up with umpteen controls (that always lose their flaps and battery compartment covers) that all look the same.  I have even had one appliance lock-up another because the infrared remote signals were incompatible.  The attempts at generic controls either don't work properly, or are so expensive (like the learning ones) that you could almost buy a TV for the same price.

Hopefully, blue-tooth / Wi-fi / IP address (or something) will solve this problem - the only prospect that saves the remote control from a maybe.