Submitted by GrammaRuth (not verified) on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 11:40am.
The new battery TV'S are GARBAGE!!! I bought one from Office Depot. Even on the cable connection I could only get a few channels. The rechargable battery is only good for around 3 hours - WHAT GOOD IS THIS IN A LONG POWER OUTAGE?? I returned it.
We went 3 days last year without electricity. We have a replacable battery lantern and had our $15 emergency TV with replacable batteries + dry ice in the frige and freezer. Life was livable. Now we have everything but the TV for emergencies.
Today was garbage day so I tossed my WONDERFUL EMERGENCY TV. Tomorrow they are calling for severe weather, LUCKY US if the electric goes out we can sit and look out the window in the day light and be scared all night!! My Mom-In-Law is 90 and lives alone on a wooded lot. She is terrified now if they call for storms and she had to toss her emergency TV too. THANKS GOVERNMENT!!!!!
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