CES, one of the year’s biggest technology ‘get-togethers’, was messed with, with multiple stalls flat screens being turned off remotely by a Gizmodo.com Blogger.

Late last week, Gizmodo posted a video which showed them browsing around the CES stalls and turning off their flat screens, using a small infrared device which gives you the ability a normal remote would - but only on/off.

From the post, they said:

CES has no shortage of displays. And when MAKE offered us some TV-B-Gone clickers to bring to the show, we pretty much couldn’t help ourselves. We shut off a TV. And then another. And then a wall of TVs. And we just couldn’t stop. (And Panasonic, you’re so lucky that 150-incher didn’t have an active IR port.)

Of course, after a lot of bad feedback from numerous bloggers and readers, Gizmodo added to their post saying:

It was too much fun, but watching this video, we realize it probably made some people’s jobs harder, and I don’t agree with that (Especially Motorola). We’re sorry.

I must admit, it was a hilarious film however the fact that it was real, and that it caused so much disruption sickens me. Check out the video for yourself at Gizmodo.com

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