Economical cars, alternative power sources, energy-saving measures - environmentally conscious business is the done thing these days. In the TV and home-theater sector, too, it's possible to do your bit for the environment - and your wallet!
LG 50 PG 7000
Even current TVs use way too much energy - for example, the LG plasma 50 PG 7000's 400 watts are clearly excessive.
Not even eco-activist organization Greenpeace has come up with the idea of getting rid of your TV. After all, it's an optimum medium for drawing attention to their goals. Nevertheless, we're fully aware that some TVs, AV receivers, and surround systems consume a great deal of power. Over 10 percent of European electricity is used to run consumer-electronics devices - and the figure is rising.
Flat-panel TV sales continue to boom, and the products are becoming ever cheaper and ever bigger. One current trend seems to be to have two TVs - a large one for the home-theater and a smaller model for daily TV viewing. Manufacturers jumped on the eco bandwagon some time ago, and are now constantly presenting "greener" TV models and technologies - that's one thing we'll be looking at in this article.
But, as is generally the case, you cannot simply leave responsibility to the manufacturers - even if you've just bought a brand-new, energy-saving model. There are numerous ways in which you can save additional power, and you'll find the best tips on doing this here. Last but not least, we'd like to demonstrate how Televisions.com measures a TV's power consumption, and describe what - in our opinion - makes the ideal energy-saving TV.
First things first:
You can't tell how good a device is for the environment purely by looking at its power consumption. This is essentially just a small indicator within the wider context of a product's ecological impact. As a consumer, however, there's little more you can do for the environment - and your device's running costs - than to keep an eye on the product's power consumption.
Many other aspects remain secret: Does the device contain harmful substances? Were harmful substances used during production, even if they aren't present in the final product? Did the production process use an unnecessary amount of energy or otherwise put too great a burden on the environment?
And there's another important point to keep in mind before you rush off to buy an energy-efficient TV: the decision will rarely break even - especially if your old TV isn't even that old. The energy used in making a new TV (including collecting and processing the raw materials), combined with the energy required to deliver the device and to dispose of the old one correctly, might actually be higher than your current model's total power consumption over its entire lifetime.
LG 50 PG 7000
Even current TVs use way too much energy - for example, the LG plasma 50 PG 7000's 400 watts are clearly excessive.
Not even eco-activist organization Greenpeace has come up with the idea of getting rid of your TV. After all, it's an optimum medium for drawing attention to their goals. Nevertheless, we're fully aware that some TVs, AV receivers, and surround systems consume a great deal of power. Over 10 percent of European electricity is used to run consumer-electronics devices - and the figure is rising.
Flat-panel TV sales continue to boom, and the products are becoming ever cheaper and ever bigger. One current trend seems to be to have two TVs - a large one for the home-theater and a smaller model for daily TV viewing. Manufacturers jumped on the eco bandwagon some time ago, and are now constantly presenting "greener" TV models and technologies - that's one thing we'll be looking at in this article.
But, as is generally the case, you cannot simply leave responsibility to the manufacturers - even if you've just bought a brand-new, energy-saving model. There are numerous ways in which you can save additional power, and you'll find the best tips on doing this here. Last but not least, we'd like to demonstrate how Televisions.com measures a TV's power consumption, and describe what - in our opinion - makes the ideal energy-saving TV.
First things first:
You can't tell how good a device is for the environment purely by looking at its power consumption. This is essentially just a small indicator within the wider context of a product's ecological impact. As a consumer, however, there's little more you can do for the environment - and your device's running costs - than to keep an eye on the product's power consumption.
Many other aspects remain secret: Does the device contain harmful substances? Were harmful substances used during production, even if they aren't present in the final product? Did the production process use an unnecessary amount of energy or otherwise put too great a burden on the environment?
And there's another important point to keep in mind before you rush off to buy an energy-efficient TV: the decision will rarely break even - especially if your old TV isn't even that old. The energy used in making a new TV (including collecting and processing the raw materials), combined with the energy required to deliver the device and to dispose of the old one correctly, might actually be higher than your current model's total power consumption over its entire lifetime.
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