Why can't they create a separate solar module for recharging laptops and gizmos? I think this is a good idea to pair solar power with Television sets, yet using solar power for other purposes is not a bad idea either.
I assume the solar module is different from the TV and you can always keep the solar module in the sunlight while you sit in some shade / car / room while getting the power needed to recharge, some of them have promoted solar chargers which look like a big backpack of some sort, they are hell costly and require like 8 hrs to charge the machine, I guess that would be hell to keep the charger in sunlight for hours just to power it down in 2 or 3 hours.
I think one of these panels would be better served hooked up to charge laptop batteries and USB devices. That would be more interesting to regular folk. But an LCD TV that can be powered by solar panels is a practical thing the media will eat up. Short of heating/cooling and kitchen appliances, TV is next on the short list of things that don't run on batteries yet people really care about.
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Why can't they create a separate solar module for recharging laptops and gizmos? I think this is a good idea to pair solar power with Television sets, yet using solar power for other purposes is not a bad idea either.
Yeah! Because we all spend most of the time using our laptops in bright sunlight and wouldn't mind lugging around an extra slab of photovoltaics.
they exist but aren't cheap. Google "solar laptop" for hits.
I assume the solar module is different from the TV and you can always keep the solar module in the sunlight while you sit in some shade / car / room while getting the power needed to recharge, some of them have promoted solar chargers which look like a big backpack of some sort, they are hell costly and require like 8 hrs to charge the machine, I guess that would be hell to keep the charger in sunlight for hours just to power it down in 2 or 3 hours.
I think one of these panels would be better served hooked up to charge laptop batteries and USB devices. That would be more interesting to regular folk. But an LCD TV that can be powered by solar panels is a practical thing the media will eat up. Short of heating/cooling and kitchen appliances, TV is next on the short list of things that don't run on batteries yet people really care about.