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Trump's China Tariffs Claim Another Victim: A South Carolina TV Manufacturing Plant:
The tariffs imposed by President Trump have claimed more jobs, this time at a consumer-electronics manufacturing plant in South Carolina.
Element Electronics blamed tariffs on Chinese imports for its decision to shut down its manufacturing facilities in Winnsboro, SC, a town located about 30 miles north of the state's capital. The plant, which makes Element TVs, will maintain a skeleton crew of eight workers, as it hopes the shutdown will be temporary."
The news is especially hard for Winnsboro and its surrounding communities because of recent job losses in the area, including the shuttering of a Walmart store, the closing of a textile mill, and the cancellation of plans to construct two nuclear reactors.
Element notified the state's Department of Employment about its plans, according to Columbia-based The State newspaper, which first reported on the plant's closing. In its notification, Element stated, "The layoff and closure is a result of the new tariffs that were recently and unexpectedly imposed on many goods imported from China, including the key television components used in our assembly operations in Winnsboro."
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Thursday August 09 2018, @04:56PM (4 children)
True that. I have a couple of Vizios (free, broken, fixed). No experience with an Element. Well, Honda Element.
Are you an unwitting beta tester for Element Electronics?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday August 09 2018, @07:05PM (3 children)
Testing wouldn't help. They don't give a fuck enough to build in the features that might need testing. Like, say, the ability to show or not show the overscan area of the picture (Fuck Element and Fuck the Xbox One both for not giving you the option and disagreeing on the unchangeable setting). Or having to use the damned volume/channel change buttons to navigate their extremely anemic menus instead of a dpad button like everything else on the planet gets.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09 2018, @08:12PM (1 child)
So NOW you're all about regulations on manufacturing?
#hypocrisy #trolldabird
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday August 09 2018, @08:58PM
Who said anything about regulations? I just know better than to buy one now.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by RS3 on Thursday August 09 2018, @08:37PM
Well, your response is a test result- customer wants more, waaaaa. :)
Ahhh, you need a great programmable remote control that will dig through the menus for you. Maybe CTS, Crestron, or a phone app with an IR emitter. More research needed when I have time...
You also need a fancy but fast scan converter. Not sure if Extron, Kramer, makes what you want but maybe. https://www.markertek.com/category/scan-converters [markertek.com]
I might loan you my TView QuadScan depending on the quality of the hookers you promised but I'm still waiting for you to send.