According to research, about 10% of all electric power used within the average home is used by televisions and their accessories. California is looking at this as a possible target for efforts to reduce energy usage in the state, and is proposing stricter efficiency standards for television sets. Ideally, the standards would aim to cut the average power consumption of a television by 50 percent.
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hehe, California is a state of Arnold The Governator, he drives like 8 hummers, has a stash of fully automatic firearms,has more lead based products lying around than anyone and there worried about TV power consumption.
Maybe some of the tree-hugging liberals need to stop wasteful govt spending instead of telling people what to do with their own property in their own homes.
More likely what it will do is cause TV's to not be bright enough. So we'll all have to sit in a darkened room to see our TV's. There will be a black market for "real" TV's that will actually be viewable.
Just like the volume control on an MP3 player. They decided that kids were blowing their eardrums out so now you can't get a player that puts out decent volume. I usually hook my player up to another source, through line in and rarely is it loud enough to play where a room can hear it.
On some TVs the eco-modes may be worth watching, but I doubt that that could be the case with most TVs. My Full HD TV I got around last Christmas (2009 / 10), and I know now to only use the power saving modes when I'm not so interested in the picture. It's a good thing that I can do that, and I think every TV ought to have that option. But I won't be choosing it often, as it's not what watching films and video etc. is all about. A lot of effort goes into producing wonderful looking programs and films, and they ought to be enjoyed.
I know some TVs' power saving modes make great watching, but I estimate it's only a few. And I'm not going to downgrade to what is a much worse TV to save some carbon output - it beats the point. I'd rather get a tiny desktop fridge and go to the shop more often to buy fresh food.
