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Amityville II: The Possession

Though supposedly set one year before the first Amityville Horror film, Amityville II is full of elements that are clearly from the 1980s, such as a miniature "Walkman" radio/headphone set and the presence of 1982 cars, televisions, etc.

Anthony J. Lumsden

His projects in Southern California such as the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant are often seen in Hollywood films and televisions shows such as Star Trek Next Generation as part of Starfleet Academy.

Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House

It has been featured in such diverse publications as Architectural Digest, Country Living, and The Boston Globe, and as been showcased on televisions programs such as America's Castles.

Butlins

Each of the 160 rooms features floor-to-ceiling windows, twin or king-size beds, leatherette chairs, televisions, DVD players and en-suite facilities.

Chinese people in Uganda

The biggest Chinese employer in Uganda is Zhang Hao, a native of Shenyang, who arrived in 1999 and started an import business that grew to an enterprise encompassing a restaurant, bakery, firm selling flat-screen televisions and security company.

Come Back in One Piece

In between cuts, the scene shifts to children sitting beside televisions with scenes from Romeo Must Die.

Family Fortunes

Typically, these were music centres, televisions or video recorders (or in the later years, DVD players).

France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

France Télévisions revealed that their commentators for the Eurovision final were TV host and actor Cyril Hanouna and journalist and radio/TV producer Julien Courbet, broadcast on France 3.

France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

In the morning of 17 February on the talk show Le Grand Direct on the private radio channel Europe 1, it was claimed by journalist Gaëlle Placek that France "will be represented by Jessy Matador", before she explains that "France Télévisions is not willing to win the contest but aims to promote a song in relation to the Football World Cup and to have a smash hit for next Summer".

France Télévisions

France Télévisions also controls the new R1 digital multiplex that currently hosts France 2, France 3, France 5, Arte and La Chaîne parlementaire.

Hato no kyojitsu

The video is accompanied by a custom-made orchestra piece (composed by Shirō Fukai), and features three doves, each representing the three televisions networks in Japan at the time (NHK, Nippon Television, and TBS).

Hhgregg

Its retail products include video products comprising televisions as well as DVD recorders; home appliances, such as refrigerators, ranges, dishwashers, freezers, washers, and dryers; and other products and services, including audio hardware, mattresses, computers, and other selected consumer electronics and accessories.

Highly accelerated life test

Individual components such as resistors, capacitors, diodes, printed circuit boards and whole electronic products such as cell phones, PDAs and televisions, eventually fail.

Home network

Television: Some new TVs and DVRs include integrated WiFi connectivity which allows the user to access services such as Netflix and YouTube

JB Hi-Fi

JB Hi-Fi has diversified its business from predominantly selling music CDs, and are now a major retailer for Plasma and LCD televisions, audio/visual, digital camera photography, portable audio, in-car entertainment, computer/video games, DVD & Blu-ray movies, gadgets and information technology.

Jeremy David Fisher

As a Production Assistant, Jeremy worked on sets for commercials for clients such as Wendy's, Samsung Televisions, Head Tennis Co. and a Japanese clothier with the cast of Cirque Du Soleil.

Jon Schroder

In addition to writing and directing, Schroder worked in various crew positions on the televisions shows, The Sopranos, Law & Order, and Sex in the City as well as for the films Spider-man, Kissing Jessica Stein, and Spike Lee’s 3 A.M.

Judy Susman

After her marriage to Todd Susman she moved to Los Angeles and found work as a dancer on many televisions shows, including Sonny and Cher, The Brady Bunch Hour (as part of The Krofftettes water ballet troupe), the Academy Awards, along with featured dance roles in the movies Grease, Zoot Suit and Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County

The PTC also criticized MTV for not including content indicators such as "L" (language) or "S" (sexual content) in addition to its television ratings for the show, a move that prevents viewers from being able to effectively use the V-chip feature found on some televisions to control the broadcast of the show into their homes.

Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden

Dozens of movies and televisions programs have had scenes filmed at the arboretum beginning in 1936, including portions of two Jurassic Park movies and Objective, Burma!.

Maclay School

Twelfth graders are allowed access to the "Senior Shack", containing televisions and video game systems, as well as couches and lounge chairs.

Nelson Monfort

In June 2009, he was criticized by the Society of Journalists of France Télévisions for having received a Mickey Mouse on his show Tennis Club and therefore having promoted Disneyland.

Neo Geo X

Consumer Reports recommended the system for enthusiasts of older games, but criticized the device's video quality on modern televisions.

Orion Electric

For the North American market, Orion used to manufacture many televisions and VCRs for Emerson Radio during the 80s and 90s for 10 years, but Emerson Radio went bankrupt, and it was brought up by Funai in 2000, which Funai still owns today.

In 2011, Orion licensed the JVC name for televisions, and all JVC televisions are now designed, produced, and supported by Orion.

Currently, Orion manufactures LCD/LED televisions and combo TVs for Hitachi and JVC, based on each company's OEM orders.

Otis Boykin

One of his early inventions was an improved electrical resistor for computers, radios, televisions and an assortment of other electronic devices.

P. M. Forni

He has been interviewed on several high profile radio and televisions shows, including the ABC’s World News Tonight, CBS Sunday Morning, The Gayle King Show, BBC’s Outlook, and Oprah.

Picture tube

Cathode ray tube, a common component of electronics such as televisions and other displays,

Pye Ltd.

In the early 1970s Sony and Hitachi launched UK colour televisions that cost less than £200.

Renzo Arbore

Also very successful were Quelli della notte (1985), with Nino Frassica, Riccardo Pazzaglia, Maurizio Ferrini, and Roberto D'Agostino, and Indietro tutta!(1988), again with Frassica, which established Arbore as one of the most intelligent and cult figures of Italian televisions.

Sampo

In Episode 506, "Eegah", they receive a letter from a fan which includes a photograph of a Sampo portable television set - Sampo Corporation is a Taiwanese electrical manufacturer that produces televisions, amongst other products.

Seabourn Cruise Line

All have designer soaps, flat-screen televisions, DVD players, and Bose Wave sound systems.

See-through display

It is a technology that has been around for a decade or two, but only this year is it being incorporated by companies such as Samsung and Planar Systems into consumer products like handheld devices, televisions, and other technology.

Shirur, Maharashtra

Many manufactures have set up facilities here, among them Apollo Tyres; Whirlpool India, making refrigerators; LG Electronics, making televisions and mobile handsets; Daewoo Electronics, making refrigerators; Wheels India; Bajaj Electricals; Frito-Lay of Pepsico Holdings, manufacturing Lays potato chips; Fiat automobiles; Kirloskar; Swarovski; and Ohsung, a Korean company manufacturing electronics parts.

Sylvestre Ossiala

On the same occasion, he donated generators, televisions, and freezers to some constituents, while also promising to set up two giant television screens so his constituents could watch the June 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Telescreen

Telescreens, in addition to being surveillance devices, are also the equivalent of televisions (hence the name), broadcasting propaganda about Oceania's military victories, economic production figures, spirited renditions of the national anthem to heighten patriotism, and Two Minutes Hate, which is a two-minute film of Emmanuel Goldstein's wishes for freedom of speech and press, which the citizens have been trained to disagree with through doublethink.

Television in Lebanon

Television production companies continued to dub anime series, such as Hello! Sandybell and Belle and Sebastian, and to export them to Arab televisions.

Tropicana Evansville

This 100-room boutique hotel features Italian bed linens, LCD flat screen televisions in both bedroom and bath, in-room high speed Internet access, MP3 input, and glass-enclosed showers with multi-unit body sprays and overhead rain maker showerheads.

Ujunglero

English explorer Charley Boorman visited Ujung Lero as part the televisions series Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means in 2009.

Video sculpture

In March 1963, Nam June Paik's debuted his video sculpture entitled Music/Electronic Television at the Parnass Gallery in Wupertal, which used 13 doctored televisions.

Warren Tredrea

The $10,000 worth of Magnavox fridges, televisions, sound systems and microwaves were distributed to children's therapy rooms and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

You Got Lucky

A clip from the Galactica 1980 episode "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I" plays on one of the televisions.


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