Digital Home Thoughts: And You Thought Only Your Computer Needed a Battery Backup

"While your set-top box might not function, it's comforting to know that Toshiba's freshly-announced Power TV family of battery-powered LED TVs will be able to keep entertaining you for about two hours, thanks to its internal rechargeable battery."

I can see how a consumer might get confused when buying a TV. There are things like resolution, response time, contrast ratio, LCD, LED, Plasma, all these words are more confusing than elightening to your average joe. So how do you make your TV stand out? By adding batteries! That is right, with a Toshiba Power TV, you can finish watching Big Brother 37 during a blackout! Think that the Power TV is targeted towards those on the go? Think again! Well, maybe they are portable if you do not mind carting around a 24" TV. Maybe you want to go camping in style and can fit all your roughing it watching in the 2 hour battery-life. Yeah, I cannot think of a real reason why someone would want to battery power their largish screen TV. Can you?