<P> The first remote intended to control a television was developed by Zenith Radio Corporation in 1950 . The remote , called `` Lazy Bones '' , was connected to the television by a wire . A wireless remote control , the `` Flashmatic '' , was developed in 1955 by Eugene Polley . It worked by shining a beam of light onto a photoelectric cell , but the cell did not distinguish between light from the remote and light from other sources . The Flashmatic also had to be pointed very precisely at the receiver in order to work . </P>
<P> The first remote intended to control a television was developed by Zenith Radio Corporation in 1950 . The remote , called `` Lazy Bones '' , was connected to the television by a wire . A wireless remote control , the `` Flashmatic '' , was developed in 1955 by Eugene Polley . It worked by shining a beam of light onto a photoelectric cell , but the cell did not distinguish between light from the remote and light from other sources . The Flashmatic also had to be pointed very precisely at the receiver in order to work . </P>
when was the first remote control tv invented
when was the first remote control tv invented
1950
1950