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New Uses for Aluminum Foil

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New Uses for Aluminum Foil
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Aluminum Foil for a Clear TV Signal
If your DVD player is stacked on top of the TV (or vice versa) and the picture is fuzzy, the two electromagnetic fields may be commingling, confusing the signals. (This usually happens with plastic casings; with metal it’s less likely.) Slip a sheet of foil between the machines to keep the fields separate.


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