With everything electronic these days getting smaller, it’s nice once in a while to see something getting big – really big. Big enough for those of us with poor vision and big, clumsy fingers to still hit the right button every time.

That seems to be the idea behind Brookstone’s new Super-Sized Remote, which is a gigantic slab-sized universal remote control measuring 5″ x 11″ x 1″. In all other respects this is a fairly basic 6-in-1 remote control offering one-button selection for TV, VCR, DVD, satellite, cable box and an auxiliary device (and codes for 296 of the most popular A/V equipment). The buttons are correspondingly huge and glow-in-the-dark, meaning if you ever lose the remote again you’ll have no one to blame but yourself.

Geek-o-Meter: At $25, the Brookstone Super-Sized Remote may be a bit pricey as a gag gift, but as a remote for those who struggle with tiny buttons or are always misplacing standard, non-glow-in-the-dark remotes, this might just be the ticket. It gets a 6 on the Geek-o-Meter.

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