Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The remote control? Indispensable and even sex can wait

REMOTE CONTROL for many is more important than sex. Do not believe us? Thumb through Remote Control Research Global Trends Study of Wakefield Research, commissioned by Loogitech and conduct among the holders of control devices in Europe, USA and Australia: 25% of respondents candidly admits that it is ready to give up a month of intimate relationships with the partner so as not to give up full control of the little box infrared and television programs to watch.

An instrument of power in a society where the proliferation of remote employees, which seems indispensable. So, if 18% percent of the sample, the family has someone who still does not know how to use the remote control, another 21% of respondents, however, prefers not to jeopardize his relationship as a couple but the his personal hygiene and not to give the remote control in the hands of others, would choose not to brush their teeth.

All for a device born in 1950, thanks to the Austrian-born American physicist Robert Adler: after more than sixty years after its first production by the Zenith, the remote electronic devices remains one of the most popular and used by consumers around the world. As for the Old Continent, the survey showed critical situations due to the higher number of remote controls supplied to various devices in the home, such as TV, DVD, Hi-Fi, etc.

- and too complex for the use of themselves. Against the proliferation of remote controls, as much as 92% of the sample involved in European research has emphasized the importance of having a single element that allows you to manage all of home entertainment systems via a single button, and three quarters of respondents, approximately 77%, showed that the device in question has become too difficult to use, so that a fifth of those interviewed found himself having to write instructions for the babysitter, and 83% of respondents would buy a universal remote gladly, considering an excellent investment.

And if a user in five, or 19%, can not remember where they got so many remotes in your home, resulting in not being able to use the VCR or home theater system, some people - about 41% - would an upgrade of its means a button to activate the extra forward speed of the machine.

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