Re: Battery power television


"Strider" <strider@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On 28 Sep 2005 19:08:38 -0700, "brotherjohn"
> <brotherjohn1948@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >On another poster's bug-in list a battery powered tv caught my eye.
> > This is an item that I have not considered because in the past if the
> >electricity went out in my area the television stations generally are
> >not broadcasting either.
> >However, since we now have satellite this would be a nice thing to have
> >IF there is a battery powered tv that will connect to the satellite?
> >Does this exist? Anybody have one? Recommendations?
>
> Why bother with something as useless as a TV set in an emergency?
>
> You won't die if you miss MTV for a few days.
>
> All you need is a good radio.

True. But in my experience, many people who are "cut off" from the outside
world by a disaster really want TV. I think that its partly because many of
us are accustomed to a certain level of exposure to outside news and events
via the TV, which provides us not only information but also a sense of
connectedness to the larger world, and partly because just being able to
watch TV is a form of reassurance that "normal life" continues and is being
restored where they are.

Jeff


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