LG Sells Mosquito-Repelling TV In India (technobuffalo.com)

An anonymous reader writes: In effort to fight Zika, dengue and malaria, LG has released the "LG 32LG52D" TV with "Mosquito Away Technology." According to Reuters, the TV uses ultrasonic waves that are inaudible to humans but cause mosquitoes to fly away. The TV has been released in India Thursday, and will go on sale next month in the Philippines and Sri Lanka, with no plans to market it elsewhere. It is available in two models, priced at 26,500 rupees and 47,500 rupees ($394 and $706). LG says the same technology used in its new TV has been used in some of its air conditioners and washing machines.

Comments

debunked many times

[rubycodez]

Every decade or so since the 1970s there have been ultrasonic mosquito repellents sold. my parents bought one back then. didn't work. and any competent
entomologist will tell you it won't and can't work

Re:the mosquitos fly

[rubycodez]

they won't even fly from the TV, mosquitoes are insensitive to sound even including the ones their predators make; look up what scientist have to say about repelling mosquitoes with *any* frequency including dragonfly generated frequencies, bird generated, etc. bottom line: they aren't repelled by any known sound

Huh.

[pushing-robot]

I guess this is what happens to electronics that get shipped back for coil whine.