Released: July 07, 2008

DTV transition: Battery TVs won’t work?

Source: Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times (Free Registration)

Barry Spadoni first bought a battery-powered TV after the Northridge earthquake in 1994, when his Chatsworth home was without electricity for 10 days. He later upgraded to a color model to stay on top of news during power outages—and follow USC and UCLA football games from high in the stands.

“Having that little TV stuck in the drawer, where you just have to put in batteries . . . that’s very important if it’s a prolonged outage,” said Spadoni, a Wachovia financial advisor.

But come February, Spadoni’s hand-held TV and the millions of others in U.S. homes will face their own permanent outage.

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