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California TV Ban Even Worse Than We Thought
By Julie Jacobson
Filed in: News, Product News, Displays, TVs, Legal, Comments (7)
The California Energy Commission's ruling treats all TVs the same, regardless of the application: hospitals, digital signage, or your bedroom TV. California retailers will suffer. Read more

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Ranger Home (11/20/09, 07:29 PM)
Is California no longer a part of the USA? Appears not. Wait, I am not sure ANY state is part of the USA given the road…
directcom (11/20/09, 06:22 PM)
unfortunately that deal ended as ADT wasn’t as eager to sell Qwest services.
Sabine Stochastic (11/20/09, 04:42 PM)
I feel legislature should be careful forcing the consumer to do something when it could backfire in the way I mentioned before, we could just all…
Sabine Stochastic (11/20/09, 04:40 PM)
The legislature would be out on their rear ends if consumers joined forces and boycotted the abuse and stopped spending there hard earned money on products…
Sabine Stochastic (11/20/09, 04:36 PM)
Did legislature ask anybody? Did they ask any real human beings? This feels allot like being told, then when you ask why, the answer is “just…
Julie Jacobson (11/20/09, 03:32 PM)
I’ll give a dollar to anyone who can give even a modest effort at estimating the loss in revenue (taxes) if mfrs decide not to comply.

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