Comments on: The Digital Conversion Will Send Thousands of Useless TVs to Landfills http://earthfirst.com/the-digital-conversion-will-send-thousands-of-useless-tvs-to-landfills/ A Sharp Eye -- With a Green Edge Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:33:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sandi oconnor http://earthfirst.com/the-digital-conversion-will-send-thousands-of-useless-tvs-to-landfills/comment-page-1/#comment-7331 sandi oconnor Tue, 19 May 2009 17:35:14 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=3291#comment-7331 Beware of junk TV's on the market that are digital. I purchased an APEX digital TV in August 2008 for $250 and it now has no picture and it's only May 2009. The HDTV craze unfortunately, has created manufactures who are willing to sell you junk electronics that will not last and may if people do not dispose of them properly in landfills. I wish there was a website to report those manufactures who's products fail in an unreasonable time. I did find many,many complaints on the web about Apex TV's. Their defectiveness goes back to 2007 and to more than just one model. Apex should be reported because their many defective products will be thrown away. Consumers need to be warned. Beware of junk TV’s on the market that are digital. I purchased an APEX digital TV in August 2008 for $250 and it now has no picture and it’s only May 2009.

The HDTV craze unfortunately, has created manufactures who are willing to sell you junk electronics that will not last and may if people do not dispose of them properly in landfills.

I wish there was a website to report those manufactures who’s products fail in an unreasonable time. I did find many,many complaints on the web about Apex TV’s. Their defectiveness goes back to 2007 and to more than just one model.

Apex should be reported because their many defective products will be thrown away. Consumers need to be warned.

]]> By: I want my OLD TV http://earthfirst.com/the-digital-conversion-will-send-thousands-of-useless-tvs-to-landfills/comment-page-1/#comment-5868 I want my OLD TV Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:19:33 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=3291#comment-5868 My husband requested our coupons for converter boxes just before they announced the funds shortage. I am hopefull we get the coupons. We simply do not have money for a new TV. We have two TVs which date from our college years (late 1980s). Both Sonys. They work fine. We don't have cable - never have. We use them for watching the news/weather when needed or (mostly) to play Wii or watch a DVD. Since the TVs we have work fine (and both are from the late 1980s-20 years or older) I am outraged at being forced to buy something new to replace them. This is not only from an economic point, but from an environmental concern. If the converter boxes do not work, we will be without TV. I simply will not be forced into consuming. My husband requested our coupons for converter boxes just before they announced the funds shortage. I am hopefull we get the coupons. We simply do not have money for a new TV.

We have two TVs which date from our college years (late 1980s). Both Sonys. They work fine. We don’t have cable – never have. We use them for watching the news/weather when needed or (mostly) to play Wii or watch a DVD. Since the TVs we have work fine (and both are from the late 1980s-20 years or older) I am outraged at being forced to buy something new to replace them. This is not only from an economic point, but from an environmental concern.

If the converter boxes do not work, we will be without TV. I simply will not be forced into consuming.

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