We visited Griffin's CES booth to check out the Beacon universal remote control expecting yet another Redeye clone, but instead wound up walking away impressed. Two notable features of the prototype ...

New Beacon transforms Android phones and tablets into easy-to-use, never-lost remotes for home entertainment Nashville, Tenn. / San Francisco, Ca. – November 8, 2011 – Griffin Technology Inc., one of ...

Griffin Technology and Dijit Media have partnered to create the Beacon Universal Remote Control System — a wireless AV controller that when paired with an iOS device enables complete control over the ...

IF THE Christmas elves have brought you yet another electronic gadget with a remote control, chances are your coffee table is fast becoming crowded by a herd of buttoned black beauties. Having ...

It may look like the buzzer for some brilliant TV game show, but this is actually Griffin Technology's Beacon, another option for turning your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch into a universal remote ...

Griffin Technology and Dijit Media have introduced the Beacon Universal Remote Control System for iPhone or iPad (iOS) and a new version for Android smartphones and tablets. The Wireless AV controller ...

(InfraRed remote control) A handheld, wireless device used to operate audio, video and other electronic equipment within a room using light signals in the infrared (IR) range. Infrared light requires ...

Even though some devices now use WiFi and Bluetooth, so much of our home entertainment equipment still relies on its own proprietary infrared remote control. By and large (when you can find them) they ...

The Griffin Beacon has been designed to turn your iOS or smartphone into a universal remote for your home media centre gadgets by converting Bluetooth signals from your device into infrared ones your ...

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Depressing a button on a modern Consumer IR, CIR, remote control causes a 940nm LED to blink. As the LED toggles a pulse stream of infrared light is generated. The pulse stream is a pattern which ...