Fri 12 Oct 2007
SED TV and OLED TV possible solutions as Aussie Government to ban “fat-panel” TVs
Posted by SED TV Guy under SED TV1 Comment
Aussie Government to ban fat-panel TVs
An interesting article that boosts SED TV and OLED TV for energy consumption reasons alone. Good reading at the link above, especially the headline!
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 6:15 PM WITH AN EYE ON melting Antarctica, the Australian government is proposing regulations that would ban most plasma and LCD HDTVs by the year 2011.
After commissioning a report that found the popularity of high power-drawing TVs like plasma and LCD TVs is growing. The bigger and brighter screens get, the more power is required, and Australia is trying to crack down on energy consumption. This is the government that was looking into banning incandescent bulbs in favor of fluorescent bulbs earlier this year.
By 2011, plasma and LCD TVs could be replaced with less energy consuming technologies like SED TV and OLED TV. But for now, the planet heats up because of our TVs.
Technorati Tags: SED TV, OLED TV
March 20th, 2008 at 11:30 am
This doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. Have they already banned CRT monitors and TV’s? Those are much more common (having been around for decades) and use *much* more power. Even traditional LCD’s user fluorescent lighting sources.
I would think the real danger would be the mercury from those fluorescent tubes–which is not a problem in the upcoming LED TV’s. For some stats on the danger of mercury check out my computer recycling blog.