We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You're trying to find the remote control, but it's nowhere to be seen. It could be down in the cushions, or maybe one of the kids made off ...

First-person view of someone aiming a TV remote at a smart TV - Proxima Studio/Shutterstock In recent years, IR blasters have become a standard part of smart TV systems, but it's not always clear just ...

There's no one phone that's able to control every single television model in the universe – but there are several out there today that have big potential for chaos. While we don't recommend going ...

So you want to control your TV with your phone. You’ll need a phone with an IR port if you want to control any TV with your smartphone, which is a taller order than it used to be. There are still some ...

In recent years, IR blasters have become a standard part of smart TV systems, but it's not always clear just what these devices are or do. For starters, the IR in the name stands for infrared, which ...