According to the Consumers Electronics Association, the questions of what will happen to millions of analog Televisions following next year’s transition to DTV have been answered. According to their report “Trends in Consumer Electronics: Afterlife” there is good news for the environment. According to the April 2008 study, households receiving broadcast signals only over-the-air (OTA) expect to remove fewer than 15 million televisions from their homes through 2010.
Additionally, it is reported that 95% of the analog televisions will be sold, donated, or recycled. Most OTA-only households expect to buy a digital converter box (48%) and continue using the same TV. The CEA website, www.myGreenElectronics.org includes a zip-code searchable database of electronics recyclers.
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