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Commitments and Contingencies - Gain and Loss Contingencies (Details) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 10, 2015 product subsidiary patent customer	Sep. 30, 2015 patent	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 04, 2015 USD ($)
Contingencies [Line Items]
Restricted cash			$ 4,623	$ 4,623
Surety Bond [Member]
Contingencies [Line Items]
Restricted cash					$ 4,600
Patent Lawsuit Against Universal Remote Control [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member] | Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated litigation costs			$ 2,000
Patent Lawsuit Against UEBV and Telenet [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
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Patent Lawsuit Against UEBV and Telenet [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | Design Patents [Member]
Contingencies [Line Items]
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Number of patents allegedly infringed upon | patent	2
Patent Lawsuit Against UEBV and Telenet [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | Utility Patent [Member]
Contingencies [Line Items]
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The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalent items which are restricted as to withdrawal or usage. Restrictions may include legally restricted deposits held as compensating balances against borrowing arrangements, contracts entered into with others, or entity statements of intention with regard to particular deposits; however, time deposits and short-term certificates of deposit are not generally included in legally restricted deposits. Excludes compensating balance arrangements that are not agreements which legally restrict the use of cash amounts shown on the balance sheet. This element is for unclassified presentations; for classified presentations there is a separate and distinct element.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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