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TV Trash a Concern for North Texas Cities

As more families opt to toss their old TV's instead of buying the converter boxes they will need to receive the new digital signal, cities worry about the waste created when those televisions end up in landfills. "They have a lot of components in them ...

LG, Netflix to launch TVs with instant movie viewing

The new high-definition LG televisions, which will be on view at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, are targeted at those Netflix customers who want the convenience of Internet-to-TV movies without the clutter of a set-top box or ...

State launches new recycling program

Lead is found in the glass in televisions and monitors and it's also found in circuit boards in the solder," said Craig Lorch, Total Reclaim. Still, millions of pounds of unwanted electronics end up discarded in sensitive areas and landfills - a ...

Colts-Chargers ties mark for overnight rating

... States, covering nearly 70 percent of the country. Each overnight rating point represents about 735,000 TV homes. The rating is the percentage of all homes with TVs, whether or not they are in use. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions ...

LG high-def TVs to stream Netflix videos directly

That idea — shared by Sony Corp., which already streams feature films and TV shows directly to its Bravia televisions — is still in its early stages. Netflix's streaming service taps a library of 12,000 titles, while the company's DVD menu ...

Martin Univ. reopening despite water damage

He said most of the tables and chairs were salvaged, as were the televisions and at least some of the newly-installed computers. "We had people come in and check each and every computer, and some but not all, are being replaced," Lengacher said. The ...

Feds start wait list for converter box coupons

TV industry analysts at Nielsen Co. estimate that as of December, 6.8 percent of the 114 million U.S. households with televisions remained completely unready for the digital transition. Another 10 percent still had at least one television set that ...

Converter-box program running out of money

TV industry analysts at Nielsen Co. estimate that as of December, 6.8 percent of the 114 million U.S. households with televisions remained completely unready for the digital transition. Another 10 percent still had at least one television set that ...

Computer and TV recycling now free

Governments all over the country are concerned about the wave of televisions that will need to be recycled and we're very excited to have this program up in time to deal with that," Jackson said. More than 200 collection sites across the state will ...

Thai king calls for peace after turmoil

On Monday, Thais in the capital gathered around televisions in shops and restaurants as he spoke. "I feel such relief after listening to him speak," said Malai Chanachai, a 61-year-old retired teacher who stopped at a grocery store when she saw him on ...