Mitch Altman of San Francisco is a strong supporter of the idea that there are better things to do with your time than watch television, and that when other people watch television more than a little bit, they are probably being seduced into a kind of consumer passivity that just isn't good for the strength of community and democracy.
He created and is marketing a $15 device the transmits all the turn off codes used by all the television manufacturers, called TV-B-Gone, and many of its users have had no problems turning of televisions in laundromats, restaurants and bars. For more information, see tvbgone.com.
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