EPA updates ENERGY STAR specification for digital TVs, CEA applauds
We've no idea if Panasonic's sudden urge to decrease the power consumption of its plasmas has anything to do with this, but nevertheless, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced an updated ENERGY STAR specification for digital televisions that will hopefully "lead to further reductions in the amount of energy consumed by DTVs." The new standard will reportedly grant the coveted ENERGY STAR label only to "the top 25- to 30-percent most energy efficient TV models," and furthermore, it will (for the first time) "take into account active mode or 'On' mode power consumption in addition to standby mode energy use." Needless to say, the CEA found a moment to applaud the new spec, and as far as we can tell, it's being instituted immediately.[Via Widescreen Review]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
massive_98 @ Feb 9th 2008 8:27PM
I take into consideration energy star info as I don't like paying for power. I don't get people who don't try to be energy efficient, it saves a ridiculous amount of money.
Clinton @ Feb 9th 2008 11:45PM
So if I were a manufacturer, would I just make the most efficient television I could and pray that it breaks the 70th percentile? I can see (with such a diverse market of products) why the EPA would not set hard limits for power usage, but it would really suck to be the manufacturer of that television right at the cut-off.
DrXym @ Feb 11th 2008 8:18AM
The EU has an energy label domestic appliances with consumption ranked A-G. I wish they would extend it to all consumer electronics and slap a 10% tax models that do not meet some reasonable power consumption criteria with a rebate on models that exceed it by some margin. That would motivate manufacturers to improve their power consumption, simply to make their products cheaper to the consumer and therefore more favourable.
andy @ Feb 11th 2008 9:58AM
What do you want to bet they render it useless by not taking screen size into consideration.
It should be some maximum "off" consumption limit, and then some watts/diagonal inch rating for the on comparisons.
Otherwise, the winners will all be 30" "HD" tv's.