California TV energy efficiency proposal details revealed

by Richard Lawler Mar 30th 2009 @ 11:36PM

Whether one sides with the California Energy Commision's idea of restricting sales of the most power hungry displays on the market or with the CEA and think this is as silly as shunning black auto paint, there's plenty more to learn about the two tiered system that could go into effect January 1, 2011. A vote isn't slated until the summer so you've got plenty of time to review the formulas and do the math. Hopefully plasma manufacturers have been working on those super thin eco designs, they may be needed on store shelves sooner than previously expected.

[Via Wired]

Filed under: Industry, Regulatory, Displays

Tags: california, eco-friendly, energy, green, HDTV, law, legal, power

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Ironhide @ Mar 31st 2009 12:20AM

Well, Samsung's new crop of plasma are boasting about a 40% improvement on efficiency from last year's model, so a 42" plasma should be hitting around the 110w consumption range, which would put it well below lcd . This won't affect me in Canada but it's nice to see that plasma manufacturers are really starting to take notes on efficiency.

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Funke, Tobias Dr. @ Mar 31st 2009 1:28AM

Nice. Long live Plasma! Long live gray market dealers! Long live gray market plasma dealers!

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Mark M @ Mar 31st 2009 3:46AM

Where's my 42" OLED??

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Ben @ Mar 31st 2009 8:18AM

Something is up with those Plasma numbers. My 60-inch kuro from two years ago only uses 400 watts and yet supposedly that 46-inch uses 371?

I suspect they are averaging in older models which is crazy when you consider there is no way in Hell the state of California is going to make people stop using the TVs they already own.

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