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Energy Saving Televisions Have Come a Long Way
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With consumers being more cost sensitive, TV manufactures are coming out with innovative ways to cut power consumption on their television sets. Even when a television set is turned off, they ...
US teens spend more time watching TV than on computer
Jun 26, 2009 |
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American teenagers spend most of their free time glued to their computer screens, right? Not according to a new study. They spend much more time glued to the television set.
Britain readies for digital television
Oct 15, 2007 |
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British television has begun its five-year switch from analog to digital, The Telegraph reported Sunday.
LG to Launch 15-inch OLED TV
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Korean company, LG Electronics, the second largest television manufacturer in the world, has announced it will launch a 15-inch organic display TV set in early September. The announcement, ...
Are you ready for digital TV?
Jan 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If everything goes as planned, on Feb. 17 the long-awaited switch from analog to digital broadcasting will take place and millions of analog television sets across the nation will go black. Temple University ...
Teens who have TV in their bedroom are less likely to engage in healthy habits
Apr 07, 2008 |
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University of Minnesota School of Public Health researchers have found that older adolescents who have a bedroom television are less likely to engage in healthy activities such as exercising, eating fruits or vegetables, ...
Cutting screen time may help reduce overweight children's BMI
Mar 03, 2008 |
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Using a monitoring device to reduce television viewing and computer use time by 50 percent over a two-year period appears to reduce calorie intake, sedentary behavior and body mass index in overweight children age 4 to 7, ...
Television control for the remote
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A cheap way to deliver interactive communications to remote communities has been successfully tested in Brazil and Italy.
Parents should limit young children's exposure to background TV
Jul 15, 2008 |
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Despite the fact that pediatricians recommend no screen media exposure for children under age 2, three-quarters of very young children in America live in homes where the television is on most of the time, according to research. ...
Less TV time may help overweight adults burn more calories, researcher says
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adults may stave off weight gain by simply spending less time watching television, according to a new study. Overweight adults who cut television time in half burned more calories as a result. ...
Probing Question: Why do we love reality television?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 27, 2009 |
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At this time of year, one can’t help but notice those perennial signs of the changing seasons: the leaves begin to turn, the kids return to school, and the summer reality television shows -- "Jon & Kate Plus ...
3D TV -- Without the Glasses (w/ Video)
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even with "active shutter" 3D technology for television sets, the wearing of special glasses is still required in order to get the proper experience. They aren't those red and blue or red and ...
FCC offers early peak at national broadband plan
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(AP) -- Expanding the fund that subsidizes telephone service for poor and rural communities and finding more spectrum for wireless broadband services will be key pieces of a federal plan to bring high-speed Internet connections ...
Satellite delivery of 3D television
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of its Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems programme, ESA is taking a practical step towards a new viewing experience: 3D television at home, delivered by satellite.
Technique enhances digital television viewing for visually-impaired
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have found that people with low vision can improve their ability to see and enjoy television with a new technique that allows them to enhance the contrast of images of people ...
