Inventor of the TV remote dies aged 96
23 May 2012 | by Michael Northcott
Stat of the day: $150. The cost of buying the first TV fitted with Eugene Polley's invention, the remote control.
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Stat of the day: $150. The cost of buying the first TV fitted with Eugene Polley's invention, the remote control.
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