mediageek » retrothing.com http://www.mediageek.net An unabashed fan of grassroots & indie media, criticially examining our media environment. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:30:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Obsoletion Watch: Portable TVs http://www.mediageek.net/2009/02/obsoletion-watch-portable-tvs/ http://www.mediageek.net/2009/02/obsoletion-watch-portable-tvs/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:22:19 +0000 Paul http://www.mediageek.net/?p=1836
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    • ]]>     Analog full-power TV got a bit of a stay of execution this month, with Congress voting to delay the digital TV transition until June 12. The passage of the stimulus bill should loosen up some more money to fund DTV converter boxes to help more households avoid the loss of TV service. However, Bohus of RetroThing points out that there’s a class of sets that probably still will be left behind: portable TVs.

    As Bohus points out in the video below, converter boxes are often much larger than the portable TVs themselves, and aren’t battery powered. Those are just a couple of reasons why portable TV watchers will be left will little more than home shopping networks and evangelical Christian low-power TV stations come June 12. Watch Bohus give a fun overview of the soon-to-be-obsolete sets:

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    ]]>     http://www.mediageek.net/2009/02/obsoletion-watch-portable-tvs/feed/ 0     On Tonight’s Radio Show: The Value of Retro & Vintage Technology http://www.mediageek.net/2009/01/on-tonights-radio-show-the-value-of-retro-vintage-technology/ http://www.mediageek.net/2009/01/on-tonights-radio-show-the-value-of-retro-vintage-technology/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:45:00 +0000 Paul http://www.mediageek.net/?p=1812
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    • ]]>     On tonight’s radioshow my guest with be Bohus Blahut, one of the bloggers behind the popular Retro Thing blog which tracks vintage gadgets and technology. It’s a site I’ve been reading for a couple of years not just because I have my own love for vintage tech, but because I think there’s value in holding on to, preserving and finding continual usefulness in the tools and gadgets which the mainstream consumer products industry would have us believe need to be tossed out and replaced.

    Bohus lives in Chicago, so he’ll be live in the studio which gives us an opportunity to take some calls in the second half of the show. If you’re in the Chicago area, listen live at 9 PM CST on WNUR 89.3 FM, or tune in online (live stream). The studio line is 847-866-WNUR (9687). If you miss the live airing, catch it online at the radioshow website, or any of the show’s affiliate stations like WRFA, Jamestown, NY and WTND, Macomb, IL.

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    4. On Thursday’s Radioshow: New LPFM Bill & Journalism Town Hall
    5. Tune in to the mediageek radioshow live tonight at 5:30 PM Central

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