Consumer Electronics - We must insist on a more sustainable model!

As you ponder your Christmas shopping list - stop and think about how your purchases are like votes. When you buy consumer electronics that have toxic chemicals in them, uses them in their production, or releases them when 3rd world peoples try to harvest precious metals from discards, you support these practices. We must demand a higher standard - value engineered DVD players that stop working at 26 months and get dumped because of high repair costs into our landfills CAN NOT be tolerated any longer! These devices should have 15 year life cycles minimum! They should be built on a standard rack mount chassis and be upgradable and serviceable - with pull out modules and replaceable (maybe even by the consumer!) parts!!