EPA Issues `Final Draft’ Of Energy Star V.8 For TVs
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week issued the Final Draft Version 8.0 of its Energy Star TV specifications, which are to take effect April 16, 2018. In the process of completing the draft, the EPA offered industry stake holders an opportunity to…
EPA Considering More Stringent Brightness Controls On Energy Star TVs
Those concerned with how the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) work on the Energy Star 8.0 standard for television energy consumption will impact next-generation 4K Ultra HDTVs and HDTVs have until Wednesday to submit comments before the measure moves to the final draft process. Among…
NRDC: Government Uses Flawed TV Energy Consumption Tests
Your TV might be contributing to global warming. Well, it’s certainly making a lot of people hot under the collar, anyway. An environmental watchdog group called the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) issued a report on television energy consumption Wednesday calling government testing procedures…
NRDC: Some 4K Ultra HDTVs Are Energy Hogs
4K Ultra HDTVs could cost you more to operate in electricity bills each year than watching comparably sized Full HD models, and 4K Ultra HDTVs supporting high dynamic range (HDR) could cost significantly more than that, if TV manufacturers don’t take steps to make future…
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