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Posted by on May 30, 2008, 6:34 am
On Fri, 30 May 2008 07:18:15 GMT, invalid@notreal.none (Beachcomber)
wrote:
>It you TV set is working now, it might diminish in value, but it will
>not be worth zero.
>
>You could, with the government's assistance coupons, buy a converter
>box for about $40 (after the coupon discount) and see a perfectly good
>picture if you can get a good signal from your UHF antenna. I've
>already done this and it works fine. The picture is not high
>definition, but it is from a digital receiver and you have a choice of
>letterbox format, cropped (like regular tv), or squished. It is a
>very clear signal. The converter box automatically gives you stereo
>audio outputs even if your old TV was just really old and just mono.
>
>There are more off-air channels available.
>
>If you don't feel like doing this, buy a true HDTV. Right now they
>start at $500 - 600 and will probably be cheaper (but maybe be in
>short supply) during this year's Holiday season, (just 2 months before
>the changeover in 2009). It will take inputs from Cable, A satellite
>receiver, an HDTV DVR, or just the (free) off-air digital signal from
>your local TV stations.
>
>You can also use or sell your old sets to be security monitors for
>CCTV. Composite video will be around for a long time.
>
>
What the fuck. Do you work for a tv store and hope to make a sale
from this reply, or didn't you even bother to read the original
message? Buy this, buy that, bla bla bla.....
The question was about recycling, not buying a hdtv and by now
everyone knows about converters since they show it on tv every 5
minutes.
As far as the original question, back when I was much younger we took
old console tv cabinets, stripped out the electronics and made book
shelves and storage cabinets out of the old tvs. I dont think the
newer plastic sets would be much use in that way, but they could be
used as a picture frame. There are also recycling places around the
country that take old electronics and actually recycle them, as well
as reselling computer cards and drives. Scouts could collect this
stuff from elderly people and take it to the recyclers.
>
>>After we lose our tv signals in Feb of 2009, none of our tv sets will
>>be worth anything. Most will go to the garbage, but I am looking for
>>creative ways to reuse them. This is a recycling project for our
>>local boy scout troop. If anyone has any ideas for using tv sets to
>>recycle, please reply with them. There are at least 20 more troops
>>doing this same project, so the more ideas the better.
>>
>>jimtanner@aol.com
>>BSA Troop 162
>>
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