Customers could buy a cheap digital video camera, plug it into their cable box, and engage in videoconferences using their TV.

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Though it should be noted that some of the time, those gamers struggling for cash to pay for games are kids using allowance money, and you have to wonder the negative effects of pausing their already sedentary video game to plug sugary soda.

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Some threw rocks at the screen and group members, who pulled the plug on the video.

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