Talk:Infrared blaster

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The list of smartphones with IR blasters is becoming too long for a sentence. Perhaps a table should be created, not just for phones in 2013, but include future phones as well. I believe this feature is not just a fad, people are starting to realize the convenience of having all of their remote control needs in a device that is with them all of the time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sly Snake (talk • contribs)

Smartphones but not universal remotes
I feel like this article is getting confused between two different things. There are these tiny stick-on accessories designed to directly access a target device's IR receiver, and there are remotes (of all kinds). Considering how complex purpose-built IR remotes can be nowadays, complete with touchscreens and computer interfaces of their own, the line between those and smartphones with IR emitters is fading fast. A smartphone with IR hardware and a remote app isn't emulating a remote control; it IS a remote control, just as much as a dedicated third-party remote is.Saint Alvis (talk) 02:33, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Move lists to another article?
Perhaps lists of smartphone/tablet with IR transmitters should be moved to this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_remote#Smartphone_and_tablet_universal_remotes While all IR blasters are IR transmitters, perhaps not vice-versa? Anyone have a concrete definition of an IR Blaster? One device controlling another seems to encompass all IR transmitter uses (whether it be smart-tv controlling a cable box, or a smartphone controlling a cable box.) There are IR relays for receivers behind barriers, but I don't think those are blasters, but I can't say for sure. Sly Snake (talk) 02:17, 13 June 2014 (UTC)


 * I split it out into its separate article List of devices with IR blaster. -- intgr [talk] 10:09, 23 September 2015 (UTC)