Don't dump your old TV on the curb — recycle it

Out with the old, in with the new.</p><p>As the switchover from analog TV signals to digital looms, more people are upgrading their home electronics.</p><p>That also means thinking about what to do with their old TVs, VCRs and DVD players.</p><p>Don't, repeat, don't just put them out on the curb for bulky-item pickup! So pleads Bob Akers of the nonprofit <strong>Surplus Exchange</strong>, which provides recycling services.</p><p>Electronics are particularly challenging because products contain large quantities of lead and other toxic materials.</p><p>“We have to think what we're doing with all of these materials, some of which are highly toxic and leaving nasty land mines for people of future generations to deal with,” Akers said.</p><p>In 2005, Surplus Exchange recycled 655 tons of electronics, and in 2006 that number jumped more than 22 percent to 805.1 tons, a figure that was matched in 2007.


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Infineon Introduces DECT 6.0 / CAT-iq Chipset with Texas Instruments' Puma 5 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem Solution

Today at the 2008 Cable TV Show, Infineon Technologies AG (FWB:IFX) (NYSE:IFX) announced a cost-effective DECT solution, which when combined with a DOCSIS 3.0 chipset, produces a platform for North American cable service providers to deploy next-generation Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services operating over DECT 6.0 cordless telephones. The resulting platform, which combines Infineon's COSIC(TM)-Modem and DUSLIC(TM)-xT with Texas Instruments' (NYSE:TXN) PUMA-5 chipset, enables system integrators to develop eMTA (Embedded Terminal Media Adapter) products that conform to the latest standards in DOCSIS(R) 3.0 (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification), and the latest DECT 6.0 / CAT-iq(TM) cordless telephony standards.

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Samsung unveils first 82 inch Ultra Definition 120Hz LCD Panel

You think full HD looks great? Think again. The 82 inch Ultra Definition panel Samsung has unveiled already looks awesome in the photo.

The resolution of the UD (aka 4k x 2k) LCD Panel is 3,840x2,160px. Samsung managed to get 120Hz technology and LED backlighting into this 82 inch UD panel.

There are no details yet on when Samsung will be able to ship a HDTV with this kind of panel. On the other hand we do not have media with that kind of resolution available yet anyway. Still, the future of TV is going to be even sharper and bigger.
Samsung is apparently showing this UD LCD Panel at the SID 2008 that starts today in LA.

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THOMSON : Thomson Reaches Milestone of 1.5 Million Digital Cable Set-top Boxes Shipped to Latin America's Largest ...

Thomson Reaches Milestone of 1.5 Million Digital Cable Set-top Boxes Shipped to Latin America's Largest Cable Operator, NET Serviços

Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE:TMS) today announced that it has delivered 1.5 million digital cable set-top boxes to Brazilian cable operator NET Serviços. This milestone underscores both Thomson's position as one of the leading providers of convergent premises solutions to operators worldwide and its key role in supporting NET Serviços' expansion plans in the Brazilian market.

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Guidance Solutions Innovation, Live Gameshow and Celebrity Appearances . Highlight Activity at Macrovision s TV Guide ...

Highlight Activity at Macrovision s TV Guide Booth #915 During NCTA S The 18/05/2008 12:00:00 Business Wire Macrovision Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ:MVSND) today announced plans to showcase its innovative Passport(R) and i-Guide(TM) product lines at the National Cable Television Association s (NCTA) The Cable Show 08, to be held in New Orleans at the Morial Convention Center on May 18-20.
Show attendees visiting booth #915 have the opportunity to see: -- The latest development in set-top based IPGs for the native and tru2way(TM) platforms on TV Guide Interactive(R) s Passport and i-Guide product lines; -- How its next generation Passport Echo(TM) 7.0 and j-Guide(TM) 3.0 delivers My TV Guide(TM) services; -- New guidance solutions to support the tru2way platform; -- Industry leading guidance for HDTV, On Demand and DVR; and, -- Value-added applications including Video Mosaic, iSubscribe(R) interactive subscription service, Caller ID and Games and a BIAP(R) suite of EBIF applications.


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Macrovision s TV Guide and Sunflower Broadband Collaborate on Set-Top . Box Clickstream Measurement

Box Clickstream Measurement 18/05/2008 12:00:00 Business Wire Macrovision Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ:MVSND) and leading independent cable operator Sunflower Broadband today announced the planned deployment of a set-top box clickstream measurement solution for its TV Guide Interactive(R) i-Guide(TM), one of the cable industry s most widely-deployed interactive programming guides (IPG).
The collaboration marks the first planned clickstream deployment for Macrovision(R) and Sunflower Broadband(TM) to collect valuable IPG usage data that can be used to make consumers television experience more enjoyable.
The IPG usage patterns of an anonymous sample of Sunflower Broadband customers will be collected to help Macrovision gain insight into how consumers use i-Guide and interact with their DVR and on demand services and in-guide advertising.


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PumpTop TV Poised for Growth

IRVINE, Calif. -- With nearly 6,000 LCD screens mounted on fuel pumps at more than 550 U.S. gas stations, PumpTop TV has emerged as one of the nation's largest gas station television networks, according to the company. In addition, the owner and operator of the network, AdtekMedia, along with its technology partner and manufacturer, Westinghouse Digital Electronics, are committed to building a national PumpTop TV network reaching more than 100 million gas consumers each month, according to the company. "We're installing PumpTop TV at an average of four new stations daily," Dick Paulsen, president of AdtekMedia, said in a statement. "Our commitment to grow this network is firm -- we will bring PumpTop TV to more than 1,100 gas stations in the largest U.S. markets before the end of the year." PumpTop TV can be found at gas stations in more than 40 major oil company brands across the country, according to the company.



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