Diamond TV & Appliance

Don’t leave potholders, oven mitts, or dishtowels on your stovetop. A burner may still be hot and could catch the cloth on fire. If your stovetop is near a window, make sure curtains can’t blow over into the burner.

If you channel surf your way through commercials, there's a good chance you're male. Recent studies on television viewing habits suggest that more men than women have itchy fingers when it comes to channel surfing.

The first televised baseball game was on May 17, 1929, between Princeton and Columbia. The first baseball game aired in color came 22 years later, and was between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.

Did you know that, when appliances are thrown into the landfill, after exposure to the elements, they can seep toxic chemicals into the soil? By buying your appliances used, you are helping to ease the burden on landfills and keeping groundwater supplies toxin-free.

If your refrigerator or freezer is always cycling on, the problem may be with the gasket that seals the door. To check, close the door on a slip of paper. If it slides out easily, have the old gasket removed and a new one installed.

If it seems that your LCD or plasma TV takes forever to turn on, and you are worried that there may be an issue, this is not necessarily the case. Most modern TVs actually need to warm up for a bit before they display the picture.

Do you have hard to remove spills on your stovetop? Take the parts off the stove, and seal them in a plastic bag filled with equal parts warm water and ammonia, and allow the parts to soak for an hour. Rinse the parts thoroughly when done.

A pan that’s too small for the food you need to cook is more likely to boil over or splatter grease that could flame up. Also, you should only use cooking pots that are approved for use on the stovetop.

Sometimes, with water damage to a plasma television, all that is required is a period of time for the unit to dry out. However, if you are unsure, it’s always best to take it in for repair, as the wrong move (such as turning it on too early) could end up causing more physical damage and even destroying the TV.

The future of the television may actually be found in a union of technologies that function interactively (computers, DVRs, home theaters, phones, and home security systems). The major electronics manufacturers have been working to develop easy-to-use integrated systems for years.

We spend a lot of time in our kitchens, so it's no surprise we usually design them to look good, including the appliances. If you have problems with an appliance, getting it fixed by an appliance repair expert can be a lot easier (and cheaper) than finding another matching appliance.

A color TV screen is coated with red, green, and blue phosphors, the substance that emits light in your TV, arranged in dots or stripes. If you look closely at the screen with a magnifying glass, you will be able to see them.

That big flat screen television you plan to install in the man cave or den may turn out to be an energy hog. By some estimates, flat screen televisions use around 40 percent more energy than old style picture tube sets. The actual amount will vary depending on the manufacturer and the size of the unit.