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California targets TVs to lower electricity demand (AP)

Calif. requires TVs to be more energy-efficient (Update)

Technology / Energy

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- California regulators adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing electricity use at a time when millions of American households are switching ...


Gigabit Powerline Networking offers speedy solutions

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Although we've always been able to see and hear in "High Definition," we think of that phrase as belonging to the 21st century. High Definition or HD devices such as television sets, Blu-Ray DVD players, digital still and ...


Another Dimension in Technology Awaits

Another Dimension in Technology Awaits

Technology / Hi Tech

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If you’ve been to the movies lately, chances are your popcorn came with a pair of 3-D glasses.





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Sony Bravia 46" LCD HDTV

Energy Saving Televisions Have Come a Long Way

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(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 ...


A customer looks at a display of televisions in San Francisco

US teens spend more time watching TV than on computer

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 15, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

British television has begun its five-year switch from analog to digital, The Telegraph reported Sunday.


LG to Launch 15-inch OLED TV

LG to Launch 15-inch OLED TV

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 5

(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?

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(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

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 07, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 1

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

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 03, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(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

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 15, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 1

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

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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. ...



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