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What will you do with your TV?

post #1 of 6
6/28/08 at 4:36pm
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In about 6 months, we'll be switching from analog to digital signals. An estimated 70 million TVs will become obsolete. How should we address a possible environmental nightmare?

 

For more information on this, I invite you to read a post I just wrote on the topic.

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post #2 of 6
6/28/08 at 4:58pm
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And a very good article on GreenHome's Wiki.

 

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post #3 of 6
6/28/08 at 5:42pm

I thought the government was subsiding devices that would enable the analog TVs to continue receiving a signal?

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post #4 of 6
6/28/08 at 5:49pm
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Originally Posted by nitedreamer:

I thought the government was subsiding devices that would enable the analog TVs to continue receiving a signal?

 

They are.  Hopefully most people will purchase a subsidized converter and not throw out their TVs.

 

Here's the government site with additional information:

 

www.dtv2009.gov

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post #5 of 6
6/29/08 at 4:58pm
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 They are.  Hopefully most people will purchase a subsidized converter and not throw out their TVs.

 

 

Unfortunately, many will replace their old TVs. Even if the proportion of TVs not finding a second life reaches 10% (and I feel very optimistic), that's 7 million that will meet the same fate as so many other elctronic consumer products.

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post #6 of 6
6/30/08 at 6:15am

if my TV stops receiving signal (I haven't bothered to check and I kinda want to be surprised) I won't toss it. There are only like 2 shows we watch anyway, I can still play video games or watch stuff via my pc with it, which is where the majority of it's use lies anyway.

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