| News: Before You Buy A Portable TV... Remember This... Their Days Are Numbered |
| | Sorry little guy, but your days are numbered.(Credit: Wal-Mart Stores)
Portable TVs can be great for camping or in case of emergency, but you're probably going to be getting ripped off if you buy one in 2008. That's because almost all portable TVs use standard analog TV signals, and those signals are going to get turned off on February 17, 2009. And even though these TVs are just about obsolete, you can still buy them at places like Target, Wal-mart Stores, and Amazon. Some of the pages have warnings about the impending DTV transition, but some of them don't.
While it is possible that someone will come out with a battery-powered DTV converter--which could work with a portable TV that has inputs--we wouldn't hold our breath. The FCC's DTV FAQ page already explicitly says, "it is not anticipated that battery powered digital-to-analog converter boxes will be produced," ... |
| | 4/11/2008 6:20 PM (272d 8h 16m ago) |
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| HD Guru's Tips on Getting the Best Price on a New HDTV |
| | Readers often ask how to obtain the best price on a new HDTV. The HD Guru™ shares his retail secrets here based on his vast national and regional consumer electronics management experience.How cheap can you get the Editor's Choice-winning Panasonic TH-50PZ800U? |
| | 6/06/2008 5:17 PM (216d 9h 19m ago) |
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