During the 1950s, Zenith Radio Corp introduced the first remote control for television. The Lazy Bones device used wires between the remote and the TV. Wireless remote controls appeared shortly thereafter, and the industry has been evolving and improving them ever since. As home-entertainment systems started to include more types of devices, such as DVD players, cable or satellite set-top boxes, and audio systems, the demand has grown to combine the separate remote controls for each of these devices into a single device.
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