Comments on: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Plugging into Recycling http://globalalerts.com/2008/04/05/arkansas-democrat-gazette-plugging-into-recycling/ An environmental services company that addresses product end-of-life solutions for both businesses and consumers. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:49:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Joy Freeman http://globalalerts.com/2008/04/05/arkansas-democrat-gazette-plugging-into-recycling/comment-page-1/#comment-16188 Joy Freeman Tue, 13 May 2008 15:25:37 +0000 http://globalalerts.com/2008/04/05/arkansas-democrat-gazette-plugging-into-recycling/#comment-16188 Wow, it seems irresponsible--and not at all "green"--to tell people that the move to digital broadcast means their TVs will be obsolete. There are technological solutions (converter boxes) and government programs (vouchers to buy converter boxes) to delay or at least minimize that obsolescence. See http://www.dtv.gov/whatisdtv.html and https://www.dtv2009.gov I suppose there may be some TV sets that won't make the transition at all, but your article shouldn't just dismiss ALL analog TVs as junkable. Joy Freeman Wow, it seems irresponsible–and not at all “green”–to tell people that the move to digital broadcast means their TVs will be obsolete. There are technological solutions (converter boxes) and government programs (vouchers to buy converter boxes) to delay or at least minimize that obsolescence.

See http://www.dtv.gov/whatisdtv.html and https://www.dtv2009.gov

I suppose there may be some TV sets that won’t make the transition at all, but your article shouldn’t just dismiss ALL analog TVs as junkable.

Joy Freeman

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