IHS: North America 4K TV Shipments Set To Surpass 1080p In 2017

[BoFox]

As for the Chinese they have done more to lift the quality of my (and countless millions of other peoples) life than any American (or Australian) company ever has due to offering excellent goods at reasonable prices.

Chinese-made CPUs giving Intel's CPU a good run for its money?  For a couple decades, it was Japan that made most of the TV's, consoles, etc..   Then there was Korea (mostly Samsung).  Taiwan did have several motherboard makers (like the beloved Asus) that went far beyond just making great motherboards but what about the real China (mainland China)??  Foxconn comes to mind but it came with employee suicides at their sweat shops. 

A great deal of Chinese knockoffs have done me more harm than "lifting the quality of my life".  I bought a 25-foot measuring tape from Target for $10 a couple years back.  Now it would no longer roll back up - I cannot even pull more than a few feet out of it as the tape naturally got so crooked up inside.  It's interesting how I can't just buy another one from Target and return the broken one using the recent receipt, because Target no longer sells that Chinese brand.  Walmart's been doing a similar thing with rotating Chinese brands after a while to keep unhappy customers from getting back at Walmart for the crap instead of jumping through bullshit Chinese warranty hoops and loops.  Now I'm much more careful as to buy quality American products like Stanley for household tools and such..

[RolloTheGreat]

As for the Chinese they have done more to lift the quality of my (and countless millions of other peoples) life than any American (or Australian) company ever has due to offering excellent goods at reasonable prices.

Chinese-made CPUs giving Intel's CPU a good run for its money?  For a couple decades, it was Japan that made most of the TV's, consoles, etc..   Then there was Korea (mostly Samsung).  Taiwan did have several motherboard makers (like the beloved Asus) that went far beyond just making great motherboards but what about the real China (mainland China)??  Foxconn comes to mind but it came with employee suicides at their sweat shops. 

A great deal of Chinese knockoffs have done me more harm than "lifting the quality of my life".  I bought a 25-foot measuring tape from Target for $10 a couple years back.  Now it would no longer roll back up - I cannot even pull more than a few feet out of it as the tape naturally got so crooked up inside.  It's interesting how I can't just buy another one from Target and return the broken one using the recent receipt, because Target no longer sells that Chinese brand.  Walmart's been doing a similar thing with rotating Chinese brands after a while to keep unhappy customers from getting back at Walmart for the crap instead of jumping through bullshit Chinese warranty hoops and loops.  Now I'm much more careful as to buy quality American products like Stanley for household tools and such..

No doubt.

"Made in China" is neither the mark of excellence nor savior of mankind GStan makes it out to be.

For Christmas one of the things we ordered for Rollo Jr was a "Swagway" hoverboard from an Amazon associated vendor for $400..

What we got was a Chinese knockoff, one of the "burst into flames POS" models. We're probably one of the lucky ones in that the Chinese scammers returned $300 of our cash, but now we're waiting on Amazon to either make up the rest or we'll have to get it from our credit card guarantee.

GStan is if he thinks China is saving the world with high quality for far less money. They're basically competing unfairly through lack of environmental regs and standards and slave labor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmen...y_in_China

Various forms of pollution have increased as China has industrialized, causing widespread environmental and health problems.[26] In January 2013, fine airborne particulates rose as high as 993 micrograms per cubic meter in Beijing, compared with World Health Organization guidelines of no more than 25.[27] Heavy industry, dominated by state-owned enterprises, has been promoted since the beginning of central planning and still has many special privileges such as access to cheap energy and loans.[28] The industry possesses considerable power to resist environmental regulation.[29]

Impact[edit]

China's lax environmental oversight has contributed to its environmental problems. Sixteen of the world's twenty most polluted cities are found in China.[2][27] Government response has been criticized as inadequate.[3] An official report released in 2014, found that 20% of the country's farmland, and 16% of its soil overall, is polluted. An estimated 60% of the groundwater is polluted

GStan: Hohoho! Those wacky Chinese and their dumping industrial waste into the air and groundwater! At least I get to watch a big tv at a price I can afford though!


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-manu...30472.html

Presuming a 40-hour work week and 50 weeks per year, that would come to about an average manufacturing wage of $3.50 per hour—roughly half of the U.S. minimum wage of $7.25. However, the average hourly wage in manufacturing in the U.S. is $19.50 per hour—five and a half times that of China.

GStan: Hahaha! As long as I save $400 on a tv, that is all that matters. Tough break for those modern day slaves, sucks to be them.