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2007-10-09 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Your new TV may soon be a Consumer Relic

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Posted by Mullah Richard 2007-10-09 16:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 It found [LCD] TVs were fast overtaking fridges, heaters and air-conditioners as the major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions from households.

Read again and savor the sheer idiocy of that statement. It is a fact the large LCD displays consume more energy than modern CRTs (I think up to 27" the LCDs are better off). But I never heard of TVs of an kind guzzling out greenhouse gases.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-10-09 19:25|| http://www.twobyfour.info]">[http://www.twobyfour.info] 2007-10-09 19:25|| Front Page Top

#2 In the US aren't we going to exclusive HD TV signals in 2009? Which means a great many old televisions will only be useful for watching videos thereafter, if I understand correctly.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-09 19:32|| 2007-10-09 19:32|| Front Page Top

#3 They'll have a converter box for old tuners that the government will probably give away to the first 40 million households. Either that or a voucher. We cna have vouchers for TV but not schools. go figure.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-10-09 19:48|| 2007-10-09 19:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Global Nuke = Ion Power. The young children [middle school or younger] of some families I know here on Guam use their 1990's - 2004/2005? aged TV sets only for videos and older games.Computers > besides schoolwork, are used for newest Net and rental [CD-DVD] games.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-09 20:26|| 2007-10-09 20:26|| Front Page Top

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