Nearly 70% of Japanese families have digital broadcasting receivers

Saturday 07th November, 04:01 AM JST

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some14some at 06:29 AM JST - 7th November

Not bad, better stop wasting money on TV ads for balance 30%.
Pukey2 at 02:44 PM JST - 7th November

I've got one too (from the cable company),but my TV is still analogue. I'm thinking of cancelling it and selling the TV and DVD recorder. Nothing much to watch most of the times. I might as well just get oneseg for my pc.
as_the_crow_flies at 08:55 PM JST - 7th November

I think you can get some sort of decoder that costs about 3000 yen and just run your analogue tv till it runs into the ground. No eco points for that though! Perish the thought that you'd do anything like avoiding buying a new tv for the sake of the environment!
dolphingirl at 09:13 PM JST - 7th November

as the crow flies: Good point! It's not exactly 'eco' if it is encouraging people to buy a new TV (or 2 or 3) and throw away their old one. What are they going to do with all these obsolete televisions anyway?
NeoJamal at 08:11 AM JST - 8th November

bye bye "analog" watermark
Betting at 09:38 AM JST - 8th November

"What are they going to do with all these obsolete televisions anyway?".

I saw a show on tv about this the other day. The old tvs are gathered and put into containers and shipped to the Philippines. There they get a new coat of paint and a new adapter since the electricity is different and sold again. Ufortunately once the Philippinos have finished with them they are just smashed up and dumped. No real recycling going on at all.
japaneseno1 at 10:45 AM JST - 8th November

japan is more developed than germany !
as_the_crow_flies at 01:12 PM JST - 8th November

The old tvs are gathered and put into containers and shipped to the Philippines.

I saw a programme in the UK and just about every part of a TV is recycled by specialist companies. Much goes back into making new TVs. Even the recycling centres are energy conscious and try to reduce their environmental impact. And guess what? Manufacturers have to foot the bill for this, not consumers, so there:s no incentive to toss your old TV over a cliff. People are being encourage to buy cheap decoders and keep using their current TV. The way companies rule the roost here in Japan sucks. Bad news for the environment here and the places that get their dumped TVs.