Best Buy recently began offering electronics recycling at all of its 1,036 stores nationwide including televisions, monitors, computer CPUs and notebooks, small electronics, VCRs, DVDs and more.
The handyman, Joe Temeczko, 86, at left, died on Oct. 14, 2001, after leaving the value of all his possessions, including the lawn mowers, small appliances and VCR's that jammed his house, his garage and a neighbor's garage.
Some enterprising people simply adapt for car use small combination TV-VCR's that are designed for homes or camping and can be had for $200 to $300 apiece.
It had a king-size bed, a television with VCR, a small refrigerator and a coffeemaker.
The Explorer has 198 staterooms with large picture windows, full-size tub and shower, TV and VCR and small refrigerator.
In the average home, the department estimates, 25percentt of all electricity use is for lighting and small appliances, like televisions, VCR's and stereos.
Theirs may seem like a simple duel, but Mr. Lewis is deft at pointing out how the new device, a seemingly small improvement over the VCR, can upend the relationship between consumers and the marketers who will use the new technology to track viewers' every click of the wrist.
TiVo (barely) survives because it acts as a smart VCR.
Many more have VCR's, but the smaller DVD universe has an impact beyond its numbers.
Savings were small or nonexistent for products like televisions and VCR's, it found.
