Top Gadgets For Mum this Mothersday
- Nintendo DSI XL (About £150)
- Slanket - its still chilly and a bargain buy under £30
- If she loves a bit of Harry Potter why not a Magic Wand Remote Control
- a Portable Digital Photo Album.
Like a photo album, but digital - can store up to 40,000 images - Let her relax with a sound asleep pillow this squishy pillow has a built-in speaker that can only be heard by the by your mum when she actually gets the time to lie down just plug a music / audio book source (iPod, radio, TV out) into the pillow’s 3.5mm stereo socket and start clocking up the zzzzs
Magic Wand Remote Control
You can assign various functions to various moves, flicks and spinc control your tv
Ideal for the Harry Potter fan who already has all the DVDs - a magic wand Tv remote control. Buttons, no remember this is a WAND - more for the wii generation. No buttons, flick to command!
You can use it to control your telly, DVD, Blu Ray, Sky, digibox, stereo or whatever uses infa red remote controls now a days and do it in magical style with flicks of the wrist and turns of the wand.
To add to its supernatural nature, the Wand also features a ‘heartbeat’ in the form of various pulses that confirm gesture recognition, creepy!
But aside from its gadget credentials, and the fact there is an amazing instruction manual that has the look of pages from a spell book, and as you can see from the image it is actually a beautiful Harry Potter Esq replica wizards wand. Even the presentation box oozes quality.
Control Examples
Rotate anticlockwise (typically used for “volume down” function)
Rotate clockwise (typically used for “volume up” function)
Flick upwards
Flick downwards
Flick left
Flick right
Tap on top
Tap on side
Big swish
Push forward
Pull back
Double tap top
Double tap side
Modes: (yes a remote with different modes!)
Practice mode - allows the user to practise making the gestures and verify that they have been recognised correctly before learning associated IR data.
Sleep mode - the wand will enter a low-power sleep mode after 60 seconds of inactivity.
Learning mode - you can teach it one or more new codes for any of the possible gestures.
Sky TV Remote Control
Sky Plus / TV remote Control
it costs £25 quid to replace a genuine Sky Plus remote (search this site, we will compare prices and may find you one cheeper)
But there are many all in one style TV remotes that can be used with Sky Plus, Sky HD, TV, Stereo etc. and they are usually alot cheeper. Some can be cheep and nasty but I recommend you check out this Sky Plus compatable tv remote
ONEFORALL URC1660 Remote Control for Sky+ digital set-top boxes
For universal control over your TV and PVR box (Satellite/Cable/Freeview), choose the One 4 All URC1660 Universal Remote Control.
The URC 1660 Ecoline remote needs no complicated configuring, as it is pre-programmed for the Sky+ box and comes with a guarantee to operate fully with all brands. It is easy to set up with simple instructions.
You can get quick widescreen selection options, with 16:9 aspect ratio available at the touch of a button. The URC1660 Universal Remote Control has a full guide, info and backup facilities, making it a reliable device that can finally banish the clutter of multiple remote controls from your home.
And it is around half the price of a genuine sky plus tv remote
