I thought they were always called "zappers"? My mum has two (Frank and Moon Unit :p ). We have ... er ... lots. One for the digibox (a tivo type thingie), one for the DVD, one for the video, and two for the TV. The digibox one does work the TV, but doesn't activate the AV channel where the DVD signal is found, so we keep one TV zapper for the AV button, and the other because I prefer the shape of it. We know where they all are, they're all on the floor with a telephone or two
. Yes, it's probably time to rationalise things a little ...