Steven Castle opinion, February 05, 2008 - 9:10 am
New Energy Standards for TVs
Plasma TVs will have to be more efficient to qualify as Energy Star.
Energy Star, the U.S government-backed program that identifies energy-efficient electrical products, has finalized new requirements for TVs. The new standards bode well for LCDs, but not so well for plasma-based displays. For the first time, TVs will have to meet lower power requirements in their “on” or active states to bear the Energy Star logo. Currently, Energy Star-compliant TVs must consume less than 1 watt of power in standby mode, or what most of us know as off. (See “Why…
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Steve Castle is a striving environmentalist and senior editor for Electronic House Magazine.
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