In March 1987, Steve Ciarcia published an article in Byte Magazine entitled "Build a Trainable Infrared Master Controller", describing a universal remote with the ability to upload the settings to a computer.
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A number of strips is devoted to the current media events (mainly related to the U.S. pop culture, such as American Idol show) or everyday life (such as popularity of Tivo video recorder and universal remotes).
Since he has no angel's powers, Terry uses his technical know-how to convince Bealeman otherwise: by recording and re-editing a segment from TV evangelist Rev. Barton's (Ben Slack) telecast (which Bealeman watches feverently), and fitting the cross at the rooftop of the center's church with lighting effects, triggered by his universal remote.
In 2004 Altman released a one-button universal remote control called TV-B-Gone, to be used for turning off TVs in public places.