As if a standard ir remote control wasn't good enough now you can use an SMS message to control your VCR. This project utilizes SMS technology & a PIC microcontroller to tell your vcr what to do. Press record from thousands of kilometers/miles away!
PyroFactor: 
August 24th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Sir:
Good day!
Can i request for the circuit of the PIC micro and the VCR itself sir? For it will
help me a lot in my research studies… Thank you very much sir.