That sounds like a verbalization of my thoughts just before I fall asleep each night...
There was a golden era when phones came with IR blasters and could be used as universal remotes to do this
But the TV B Gone is about $40, the PHOOOOOONNE is a couple of magnitudes greater - plus you'd have to fool with the thing...
Yeah but you don't but it specifically for that
I wouldn't buy one for anything - as pretty much everything it does can be done better and cheaper with something else.